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Card fraud what can one do?

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2008-12-22 14:01:37 by Saar Drimer in Light Blue Touchpaper
People often ask me what can they do to prevent themselves from being victims of card fraud when they pay with their cards at shops or use them in ATMs (for on-line card fraud tips see e-victims.org , for example). My short answer is usually not much, except checking your statements and reporting anomalies to the bank. This post is the longer...
 
Tags: card, card fraud, magstripe, magstripe data invalid, emv card, emv, encoder, magstripe encoder, blank magstripe card
 
 
 
 
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Survey: One In Three IT Staff Snoops

2008-06-20 12:29:48 by Dave Lewis in Liquidmatrix Security Digest
 
Only one in three? I would hazard that is being conservative From MSNBC One in three information technology professionals abuses administrative passwords to access confidential data such as colleagues salary details, personal e-mails or board-meeting minutes, according to a survey U.S. information security company Cyber-Ark surveyed 300 senior...
 
Tags: electric cattle prod, colleagues salary details, access confidential data, article link, survey, one-third, personal e-mails, thumb screws, msnbc
 
 
 
 
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Is an incorrectly implemented security program better than a non-existent one ?

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2008-09-03 16:02:00 by Random InfoSec Guy in Security Coin
Think carefully before you answer that one. A large majority of you would be inclined to give a resounding 'yes' - but I really want you to think carefully on this one. Think long term. Think about implementation hurdles, think about project documentation The answer to this IMHO is a big "DEPENDS To explain Imagine you're working in a company...
 
Tags: security, security program, program, security controls, change, leaders change, programs, security programs, roles change
 
 
 
 
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Spygate in Formula One racing Or: Dont forget your ancient floppy disks!

2008-03-27 16:16:37 by Thomas Raschke in Security & Risk Management
 
For those who didnt know, the Formula One racing series has recently started in Australia and Asia. While high-speed enthusiasts in the US flock to NASCAR or the IndyCar series, the rest of the world is hooked on the F1 racing circus (kind of similar to the situation with football/soccer Anyway, as a security professional you have probably heard...
 
Tags: floppy disks, formula, data theft, massive data theft, data theft channels, teams, profile formula, teams simply, indycar series
 
 
 
 
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One-third of IT admins admit snooping with privileged passwords

2008-06-20 13:00:00 by Editor in Computerworld Security News
 
One-third of IT administrators surveyed during a recent security conference in London said that they or one of their colleagues have used top-level admin passwords to access confidential information at work
 
Tags: access confidential information, top-level admin passwords, recent security conference, one-third, administrators, london, colleagues
 
 
 
 
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One Sinowal Trojan + One Gang = Hundreds of Thousands of Compromised Accounts

2008-10-31 00:00:00 by RSA FraudAction Research Lab in Speaking of Security, the RSA Blog and Podcast
 
The RSA FraudAction Research Lab would like to share its startling findings based on its tracking and research of the Sinowal Trojan, also known as Torpig and Mebroot . Our findings based on the data we have collected on this Trojan over the course of almost three years including information regarding its design and its infrastructure indicate...
 
Tags: sinowal trojan, trojan, findings based, online bank accounts, login credentials, fraudsters, research, design, share
 
 
 
 
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One-fifth of Windows apps go unpatched

2007-12-31 00:00:00 by HASH0x8471a98 in Network World on Security
 
One in five applications installed on Windows PCs are missing security patches, a Copenhagen-based vulnerability tracker has reported
 
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One-fifth of PC applications lack security patches, survey finds

2007-12-31 08:00:00 by Editor in IT Compliance
 
But seven months ago the results were nearly one-in-three
 
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Download: Windows Vista One Year Vulnerability Report

2008-01-23 16:19:00 by jrjones in Jeff Jones Security Blog
 
Windows Vista shipped to business customers on the last day of November 2006, so the end of November 2007 marks the one year anniversary for supported production use of the product This paper analyzes the vulnerability disclosures and security updates for the first year of Windows Vista and looks at it in the context of its predecessor, Windows...
 
Tags: windows, windows vista, security vulnerability profile, security, windows administrators significantly, systems red hat, predecessor, development process, process
 
 
 
 
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