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On September 9, 2014

Increase in ATM frauds related to Home Depot’s debit card breach

This security breach at Home Depot has been traced back to April 2014. Despite Home Depot's claim that 'no debit card PIN data was compromised in the break-ins', banks ar ...

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On August 28, 2014

A proven timeline for PCI compliance. Make it quick, thorough and inexpensive. 

Just over half the year is over and the time to ramp up compliance efforts for the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards (PCI DSS) 2.0 is here. The deadline for v2.0 is December 31st, 2014. So, start the process right away. Whether it is the first time audit, or an audit to prove continuous ...

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On August 18, 2014

Prioritize vulnerabilities to keep network security in check

Scanning networks often result in a deluge of data sometimes resulting in thousands of vulnerabilities across several systems ...

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On August 14, 2014

Are Java security updates safe? Questionable as they pose compliance issues.

I am definitely not a fan of Java security updates.  Experts say so aren't many companies. It appears 'Java is responsible for 91% of attacker entries into networks, with the possibilitie ...

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On August 6, 2014

Details on the new ‘Backoff’ Point-of-Sale malware

'Backoff" is a malware that targets remote access software for entry into POS systems. Th ...

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