U.S. retailers insist on PIN requirement in smartcard rules
U.S. retailers are digging in their heels over their need for PIN authentication for Europay MasterCard Visa (EMV) smartcard use here.
Jaikumar Vijayan | 07 Mar | Read more
U.S. retailers are digging in their heels over their need for PIN authentication for Europay MasterCard Visa (EMV) smartcard use here.
Jaikumar Vijayan | 07 Mar | Read more
With some opening shots in a cyber component to the war of nerves in the Ukraine already fired, security analysts today offered a look at how a full-fledged cyberwar in the region would unfold.
Gregg Keizer | 06 Mar | Read more
Citing the need to prod software vendors to patch vulnerabilities even faster, Hewlett-Packard's bug bounty program said it was shortening its patch-or-go-public policy to 120 days.
Gregg Keizer | 28 Feb | Read more
Apple on Tuesday made it clear that it will no longer patch OS X 10.6, aka Snow Leopard, when it again declined to offer a security update for the four-and-a-half-year-old operating system.
Gregg Keizer | 26 Feb | Read more
Apple today updated OX Mavericks, plugging the embarrassing security hole the Cupertino, Calif. company left wide open in the operating system's implementation of basic Internet encryption.
Gregg Keizer | 25 Feb | Read more
A German security company has released an unauthorized patch for Apple's OS X Mavericks that it claimed closes the hole the Cupertino, Calif. giant left wide open in the operating system's implementation of basic Internet encryption.
Gregg Keizer | 24 Feb | Read more
Many companies are dangerously exposed to threats because they don't properly manage the Secure Shell cryptographic keys used to authenticate access to critical internal systems and services.
Jaikumar Vijayan | 22 Feb | Read more
Two different hacker groups are exploiting the same still-unpatched vulnerability in Internet Explorer (IE) with almost-identical attack code, a security researcher said Tuesday.
Gregg Keizer | 19 Feb | Read more
Microsoft claims said both Internet Explorer 10 and its predecessor, IE9, have been under attack by hackers exploiting an unpatched flaw in the browsers.
Gregg Keizer | 14 Feb | Read more
A majority of companies that achieve annual compliance with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard fail to then maintain that status, leaving them vulnerable to breaches.
Jaikumar Vijayan | 07 Feb | Read more
Microsoft Thursday said it will issue five security updates next week, two tagged as "critical," to close holes in Windows and the company's Exchange-based Forefront Protection 2010 security software.
Gregg Keizer | 07 Feb | Read more
The massive Target breach led to revelations that many companies use Internet-connected heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems without adequate security, giving hackers a potential gateway to key corporate systems.
Jaikumar Vijayan | 07 Feb | Read more
Hewlett-Packard's Zero Day Initiative has spelled out the rules for its March hacking contest, Pwn2Own, which will put two-thirds of a million dollars in prize money on the table for researchers who can hack the biggest browsers and most popular plug-ins.
Gregg Keizer | 31 Jan | Read more
Google will again host its Pwnium hacking contest at a Canadian security conference in March, putting $2.7 million at stake to draw out researchers who can hack its browser-based operating system, Chrome OS.
Gregg Keizer | 24 Jan | Read more
Microsoft will continue to offer its malware scrubbing program to Windows XP users for more than a year after it stops patching the operating system in April.
Gregg Keizer | 19 Jan | Read more