All Posts Tagged With: "Security"

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Honey, My Hard Drive Has Amnesia

Over the years, I’ve been through many, many computers. Certainly, because I have been such an avid internet user, I have come to realize that the bulk of the reasons why I eventually get a new computer is thanks to good old hard drive crashes. I can only imagine how many times I could’ve saved […]

18Feb2008 | James Blunts | 7 comments | Continued
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GE - We Bring Good Things To Identity Theft

So, apparently a few weeks ago, some backup computer tape went missing, and lo and behold roughly 650,000 GE (NYSE GE) Money cardholders’ was on it. How do they transport these tapes? Horse and buggy? I mean, how many damned times do I have to read about a tape being misplaced? Is the security guy […]

6Feb2008 | James Blunts | 7 comments | Continued
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SSL Certificiates Reviewed

Over the years, I have researched, purchased, and installed over 100 digital certificates, everything from code signing to the new EV Certificates. I must say that the price, process, and procedures vary so considerably that it’s very difficult at times to tell what’s what.
With so many to choose from, where do you go?
Best Value
Rapid SSL […]

19Jan2008 | Riley Poole | 7 comments | Continued
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New iPhone Trojan Horse Targets Personal Data

Just announced publicly this week, the first iPhone trojan horse has hit the public. At first glance, the trojan horse appeared completely benign but further research revealed that the attack targeted multiple applications including OpenSSH, the middleware solution which powers most SSL Communications. This standard protocol is used in the transmission of sensitive data including, […]

9Jan2008 | Riley Poole | 8 comments | Continued
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MasterCard.com NOT PCI Compliant & Subject to XSS Attacks

Goes to show you, no matter who you are, your website is subject to scripting errors and therefore security breaches like XSS attacks. Seems like MasterCard, in all it’s attempts to ensure that merchants, banks, and merchant service providers are security-compliant, messed up. XSSED has discovered a scripting error in MasterCard’s search function which could […]

5Jan2008 | Riley Poole | 7 comments | Continued
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Why CyberSource sucks for Small Business

Just like so many others in the space do, CyberSource (NASDAQ CYBS) closed down BidPay abruptly and without notice. The question of course everyone is asking is: Why? About two years ago, CyberSource realized that it was faltering. There are so many Fortune 500’s out there (500 to be exact), but of those, there aren’t […]

31Dec2007 | Riley Poole | 1 comment | Continued
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MasterCard buys 25% of Cybersource

While just a rumor, sources say that MasterCard (NYSE MA) is going to acquire a rather large stake in Cybersource (Nasdaq CYBS). Some say as low as 5% while others say as high as 30%. What does this mean to the industry?
First off, the CyberSource buyout of Authorize.Net was a bad move for merchants all […]

29Dec2007 | Riley Poole | 0 comments | Continued
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Virtual “Stolen” Credit Cards??

For more than a year now, a shocking underground scheme has been building steam and no one seems to be paying attention. eBay, Paypal, Google, and many online providers utilize credit cards as a means of verifying identity. Makes sense right? Charge a few smaller transactions, typically less than $1.00 and if the user can […]

29Dec2007 | Riley Poole | 8 comments | Continued

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