Latest news
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PayPal unveils new global mobile payments solution
16.03.2012
PayPal announced PayPal Here, the first global mobile payments solution that allows small businesses to accept almost any form of payment.
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WineLibrary.com breached, credit card info compromised
23.11.2011
Popular e-commerce site Wine Library has started notifying its customers of a breach that resulted in the compromise of their credit card information, TechCrunch reports.
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Massive international identity theft operation shut down
10.10.2011
111 individuals have been indicted in the largest identity theft takedown in U.S.
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Online communities least trusted with personal information
14.09.2011
Symantec announced the findings of its inaugural UK Trust Index, which investigates the extent to which the public trust different industries with their personal information.
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First fingerprint-enabled NFC payment transaction executed
03.08.2011
NXP Semiconductors, AuthenTec and DeviceFidelity announced that they are jointly developing reference designs that enable highly secure mobile payments via Android-based phones through the use of fingerprint biometrics and near field communication (NFC) technology.
Spotlight

Is it time to professionalize information security?
Posted on 23 May 2013. | The issue of whether or not information security professionals should be licensed to practice has already been the topic of many a passionate debate.

Review: Logging and Log Management
Posted on 22 May 2013. | Every security practitioner should be aware of the overwhelming advantages of logging and perusing logs for discovering system intrusions. But logging and log management comes with its own set of difficulties.

Experts highlight top data breach vulnerabilities
Posted on 22 May 2013. | Hidden vulnerabilities lie in everyday activities that can expose personal information and lead to data breach, including buying gas with a credit card or wearing a pacemaker.

A closer look at Mega cloud storage
Posted on 21 May 2013. | Once a novelty, nowadays many cloud storage services are fighting for their piece of the market in the virtual world. Mega offers 50GB of free space with great pricing on Pro accounts.

The CSO perspective on healthcare security and compliance
Posted on 20 May 2013. | Randall Gamby is the CSO of the Medicaid Information Service Center of New York. In this interview he discusses healthcare security and compliance challenges and offers a variety of tips.
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