by Schehrezade Davidson | Mar 4, 2010 | Cyberthieves
Small business or large, studies show that all companies are at risk of attack by hackers. Government agencies including the FBI have suggested using a separate computer for all transactions involving money or sensitive information, but from a business view, that...
by Schehrezade Davidson | Jan 30, 2010 | Banking, Retail
The good folks over at Credit Card Processing Gist posted an article yesterday naming the flaws of Verififed By Visa and MasterCard’s Secure Code. Flawed technology and poor design meet good economics – telling us that price is the trump card when it comes...
by Schehrezade Davidson | Jan 18, 2010 | Phishing
A few days ago Google decided to shut down its operations in China after a spear phishing attack directed towards Chinese human rights activists, as well as attempts to steal some of Google’s intellectual property. It is presumed that the attackers sent...
by Schehrezade Davidson | Jan 14, 2010 | Mobile, Usability
Do you hear that? The sound of drip… drip… drip…? It’s the sound of money ever so gradually leaving your account through insecure transactions. There are these clever little ways to send money through text messaging – Yele does it to help...
by Schehrezade Davidson | Jan 2, 2010 | Usability
The quip at the bottom of this password worksheet is priceless. Why try to remember what you could just write down? The sad thing is that there are actually products like this still out there, encouraging people to write down and maintain a paper trail of their...
