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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.

fdic-starts-push-for-two-factor-authentication

The FDIC held a symposium in LA where they released a supplement to their study "Putting an End to Account-Hijacking Theft." According the ABA eAlert, there is a strong push for two-factor authentication:

msn-korea-site-hosted-malware-for-days

An update from Forbes on the MSN Korea attack:

mutual-authentication-and-ssl-based-vpns

Much of the discussion of the need for strong mutual authentication has focused on consumer applications - in particular the failings of non-cryptographic, image-based solutions. However, there is also a risk for corporate VPN access where SSL-based VPNs are deployed. Creating a man-in-the-middle attack that thwarts SSL-based VPNs is trivial with the proliferation of WiFi networks.

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