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The WiKID Blog, musings on two-factor authentication, information security and some other stuff.

is-pci-dss-secure-enough

SecurityFix has a post about the Hannaford breach that posits a trend for 2008: Successul attacks against PCI-compliant retailers.

new-software-token-release-fixes-compilation-error

We've released version 3.0.9 of the J2SE software token. If you downloaded 3.0.8 and found it didn't work it was because it was accidentally compiled with Java 6. If you were running Java 6, you didn't notice.

when-lightsabers-are-outlawed

Only Dark Siths will have Lightsabers.

Or how about:

weekend-reading

Though I doubt I'll have a chance to get to it:

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I'm no lawyer not a securities expert, but I have sold some companies and one issue we had to deal with when selling to a public company was "cheap stock". The concern is that a company might distribute stock cheaply to insiders before going public, then sell it at a premium. (I guess the regulation protects the existing shareholders?) It is also an issue for employees who get options before an IPO. Options that are granted with the strike price equal to the value of the underlying are not taxed because there is no gain. But if the next day the stock triples because of an IPO, was the valuation correct? Are taxes owed? This regulation makes more sense to me, because Uncle Sam likes his taxes.

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