294 Results from 2010, /security
Keith Appleyard IT Consultant at available for hire
Fraudsters are sending out thousands of tax refund 'phishing' emails following the 31st January tax deadline, according to HM Revenue & Customs. The email asks you to input your credit card or bank details into an online form, so that the rebate can be paid to you. But if you provide your details, your bank account will be emptied or your credi...
02 February 2010 /security /payments Whatever...
Cedric Pariente Stanford Certified Project Manager at EFFI Consultants
This is a video on how to hack a wireless network. As mentioned on Lifehacker where I found this video, this is a purely educational post. Be aware that wireless networks are not secure. Lifehacker post http://lifehacker.com/5459822/crack-a-wi+fi-networks-wep-password-with-backtrack-the-fancy-video-version?skyline=true&s=i&autoplay=tr...
30 January 2010 /security Online Banking
Michael Fuller Former Retail Banker at None
It's interesting both that there have been no comments so far about this story and that there are quite a number of other blogs where the value of 3-D secure has been questioned. This seems to be an example of the Emperor's new clothes where everyone knows he is naked but won't admit it. My experience of 3-D secure tends to support the Cambridge
28 January 2010 /security
Steven Murdoch Royal Society University Research Fellow at University College London
This week, the 2010 Financial Cryptography conference is being held in Tenerife. The papers to be presented are likely of interest to the Finextra audience. Unfortunately, most are not available online, but searching for the title might show up a copy on the authors' home page. My paper at FC'10 is on the security of Verified by Visa and MasterCard...
27 January 2010 /security /payments Information Security
Robert Siciliano Security Analyst at Safr.me
For $400-$700 you too can be a criminal hacker. Phishing hacking and spoofing software has been around for a few years. Heres what may be an example. The ease and availability of this good for nothing other than crime software has made it easier, cheaper and more user friendly than ever to get into the cybercrime business. Anyone with moderate com...
26 January 2010 /security /regulation
In my quest to learn more about what makes a criminal hacker tick, I came across Mr Chiesa when he commented on a blog post I wrote “How I Wasted 4 Hours with a Criminal Hacker”. He warned me I was treading on dangerous ground due to the fact that when communicating with the blackhat, I used my real name and provided my web address. His concern wa...
25 January 2010 /security /regulation
Advancements in technology over the past decade have created a tremendous amount of opportunity for the savvy businessperson. Whether it’s mobility, streamlined processes, marketing, or the ability to sell to a global market, there’s never been a better time to be in business. Like anything good, there is always a negative. While there are certain...
23 January 2010 /security /regulation
Stephen Wilson Managing Director at Lockstep Consulting
Reports of the death of privacy abound, but they're premature. There are certainly those who, on the sly, would seek its demise, for privacy tends to get in their way. Like politicians on a post 9-11 national security bender, or Internet entrepreneurs who seek to monetise their eye-in-the-sky knowledge of their customers' habits. They're all tryi
Steve Dance Managing Partner at RiskCentric
Every year brings it’s challenges - although I think it's fair to say that we enter 2010 with perhaps slightly more optimism than 2009. Nevertheless, economic trends, political events, responses to the banking crisis and technology devlopments are beginning to shape the risk agenda for 2010. Here’s my perspective on some of the issues that are
22 January 2010 /security /regulation
Uri Rivner CEO and Co-Founder at Refine Intelligence
I’m interrupting my series of 2009 mega-trends and 2010 projections to discuss the current situation in cybercrime. What a crazy week. First Google says it is prepared to pull its business out of China after cybercriminals used Trojans to hack into Gmail accounts of anti-Chinese government human rights activists. Then it becomes clear over 30 corp...
21 January 2010 /security Innovation in Financial Services
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