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Skimming is one of the financial industry’s fastest-growing crimes, according to the U.S. Secret Service. Also, the worldwide ATM Industry Association reports over $1 billion in annual global losses f...
What a nasty headline for an article. From ABCnews.com the journalist roasts IT professionals on a spit. And the comments were all inspiring. As the recession rears its ugly head, disgruntled ex empl
I have neighbors from hell. They do everything possible to make my life miserable. And the more I talk about my awful neighbors, I find out that everyone has a neighbor they cant stand. Its everywher
Mischievous hack attacks on Twitter are increasing and it seems there is no end in sight. While twitters developers are working to make it more secure, the open nature of the application fuels misc
Data breaches are becoming all too common -- so common and so large in scale that we are rapidly becoming desensitized to the news. But the effect of a data breach has the potential to crush companies...
In the US we are approaching tax time. Scammers are ramped up and looking for your money. Learn these tips and watch your back. Protect and prevent Identity Theft. 1. Text messaging scams or Phextin
I thought the video interview with Steve Abrams of Mastercard was quite interesting. Just as I suspected, Mastercard was not aware of the existing patent which does not belong to ORBISCOM. His respon
What many are beginning to realize, and few have known for a long time, there is a battle going on 24/7/365 between the good guys and the bad guys. Now, President Obama has chimed in with a directive ...
You've got to admire those Nigerian 419 scammers. Here's the latest that popped into my inbox, offering compensation from the Nigerian government to all those sad individuals who have been conned in t...
OTPs are of course better than static pin-codes. A move to require OTPs instead of the static pin-code will surely help eradicate card-present fraud. Can such a card even be inserted into any chip a
There's a certain nostalgia about connecting with old Friends. It brings us back to a simpler, simple minded way. We forget for a moment our daily tasks and deadlines. We flirt with a time that was ab...
The problem of identity theft continues to grow. The victims face an incredible amount of resistance when restoring their good name. Most spend an overwhelming amount of time fighting credit reportin...