In this edition of the Hack Report audiocast, our panel looked at: Consumer Reports story that U.S. consumers lost more than $7 billion over the two years to viruses, spyware and phishing schemes; the Black Hat conference and its demo of how easily cookies can be captured online and used to fake identification; and the […]
The User Account Control (UAC) feature of Windows Vista has taken more than its fair share of ridicule since its introduction. The UAC prompt can pop up quite frequently, but it serves a purpose and it is possible to configure or alter its behavior without completely disabling it.
By default, all Administrators run in Admin Approval […]
Tune in to this weeks Audiocast to get the latest scoop on:
Credit card theft investigations
Insider threat
What’s going on with the PCI Data Security Standard
This weeks audiocast features:
Gartner analyst Avivah Litan
Chris Hinsz, the newest member of the PCI security Council and a manager at Motorola
Evan Schuman - Moderator
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When Visa on Monday released its latest PCI compliance statistics, it showed small but steady progress, with slight increases in most areas. But it also showed that there is still a small handful of major retailers who are still retaining prohibited credit card information.
Visa stressed in its statement that the vast majority (96 percent) of […]
For those who still argue that TJX is being bloodied by their data breach problems, here’s the latest tidbit, with a major financial firm increasining its stock price target for TJX, “encouraged by the discount retailer’s strong business trends and defensive business model.”
The Credit Suisse boost came when analyst Paul Lejuez raised his price target […]
If you are like me and have several different mail accounts you have probably noticed an increase in new unfiltered spam massages in your inbox. The latest scam in spam technology is called pdf-spam. It’s the next generation of pump and dump schemes where spammers inject the content of a typical image-spam message into […]
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