So at this point, it really is safe to assume the bad guys have YOUR password. Probably several of them.
Don’t believe me? Go to haveibeenpwned.com and check your own account. And that only checks a tiny fraction of the databases that have been hacked.
written by Henry Verlander
One of the most significant differences in the types of data traveling the internet today is whether the data is encrypted and not encrypted. The difference is a critical security issue, but would you believe that encryption could possibly be a bad thing! Perhaps you have seen the warnings that some internet browsers will pop-up to you, telling you that your data might be visible to others.
By Luis Debs-Mallar of Infostream.
If you watch or read the news you have heard of CryptoLocker, one of the most notorious of the Ransomware type of malwares that have recently popped up in our modern digitally connected society, and the trend-setter of the type that encrypt files until a payment is made in exchange for the private key.
Despite top of the line antivirus and antispyware protections in place, the spyware creators are still able to create items that get through the filters and cause infections. (But that’s not what this article is about). The most common methods of infection are still infected attachments to emails and “drive-by” hits from websites while browsing the Internet.
In this short article let's take a look at what PCI compliance is and how to be complaint.
If your store or business accepts credit cards then from the first time you processed a card with your point of sale (POS) computer you were obligated to comply with computer security as dictated by the credit card companies whose cards you accept.
