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Viewing posts from January, 2009

expresspay-now-at-mcdonalds-expect-more-fraud

I've always wondered why you could buy gas with a credit card without needing a PIN number. It would seem to me that adding a PIN to purchases where the user does the swiping would eliminate 90% of stolen credit card purchases.

firewalls-and-immigration

I've been a bit surprised by the lack of discussion amongst security bloggers about the immigration bills being batted about in Congress. I don't want to start any flame wars about the definition of 'amnesty' or anything, I just think that the community could help keep the country from spending an insane amount of (borrowed) money on a "security" fence along the Mexican border.

finding-ebay-phishers-through-reverse-social

Here's one of those "of course, now that I see it, it makes perfect sense" ideas: Finding Ebay fraudsters through social networks. Track who has given positive feedback to scammers. Whoever else they have given positive feedback is probably a scammer too.

google-corporate-blog-hacked-again

While I'm here, here is a quicky: Google's blog has been hacked again

focusing-on-things-you-can-control

The blogosphere is alive with talk about the FFEIC's guidance requiring stronger authentication for online banking. Inevitablty, someone says how useless better authentication is when PCs are so insecure.

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