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Businesses that process, transmit or store cardholder data must implement security controls as defined by the latest PCI DSS standard. The following are the nine common PCI …

SafeNet announced the eToken 3500, an electronic signing and strong authentication token-based device that will enable financial services organizations to achieve risk …

A design flaw in the WiFi Protected Setup that can allow attackers to easily brute-force their way into wireless network devices has been discovered and made public by …

As much as security experts would like for it to be otherwise, experience has taught us that no matter how many times some people are lectured on the use of complex passwords, …

Cain & Abel is a password recovery tool for Microsoft operating systems. It allows easy recovery of various kind of passwords by sniffing the network, cracking encrypted …

As Bethesda Software was preparing to release Skyrim, the latest installment of its mega popular Elder Scrolls series, news that the forum of Steam, the online …

Registered members of around 60 popular Swedish websites are in danger of having their stolen login credentials misused by cyber crooks in the wake of the biggest ever …

Hacking into someone’s mail account can be easy if the person chose an easily guessable password, but could be nigh impossible to brute force it if it’s long and …

48 percent of IT security professionals surveyed have worked for organizations whose network has been breached by a hacker, according to Lieberman Software. The survey paints …

In a revealing survey of smartphone and tablet users, the majority polled admit to not password protecting their mobile devices despite keeping them logged in to sensitive …

As Juliano Rizzo and Thai Duong have demonstrated on Friday, the SSL/TLS encryption used by the great majority of websites has been cracked. Their BEAST (Browser Exploit …

SplashData announced SplashID Enterprise 2.0, featuring updated Windows and Mac OS X clients, new mobile apps and a web-based application that enable enterprise users to …