MasterCard on the EMV Migration

MasterCard's Oliver Manahan says merchants and issuers must embrace stronger cardholder authentication and security methods, such as biometrics and tokenization, to ensure payment card data is secure. Read more »

LastPass Sounds Breach Alert

Passwords, Reset Questions Now at Risk, Experts WarnWarning to LastPass users: Change your master password and ensure you're using multi-factor authentication. There has been a data breach that might allow attackers to... Read more »

HDFC’s PayZapp Payment Platform Debuts

Secure Development and Framework to be Key DifferentiatorsIt's still early days for mobile e-commerce in India, but with the quantum of users increasing exponentially, HDFC Bank's new mobile payments platform may be... Read more »

Millions More Affected by OPM Breach

Estimated Victim Count Expands to as Many as 14 MillionThe investigation into the U.S. Office of Personnel Management breach has reportedly found that foreign spies may have stolen deeply personal information on... Read more »

Emergence of Business Email Compromise

Innefu's Tarun Wig on the Latest Phishing SchemesIndian companies increasingly are victims of business e-email compromise, as hackers leverage social media networks and perform phishing attacks. Tarun Wig, co-founder at Innefu Labs,... Read more »

Duqu 2.0 Espionage Malware Discovered

Kaspersky Lab Suffered Cyber-Intrusion, Found APT MalwareKaspersky Lab has discovered a new, advanced persistent threat - inside its own networks. Dubbed Duqu 2.0, the malware has ties to Stuxnet, and was used... Read more »

The Internet of Things & IAM: New Identity Requirements for a Superior Customer Experience

In Chapter 9 of the O'Reilly ebook 'Designing for the Internet of Things,' Claire Rowland discusses the need for a cohesive user experience of a single application across such different devices: In systems... Read more »

Tracking Missing Devices

Keeping track of missing devices is a critical aspect of information security. Ali Solehdin, senior product manager at Absolute Software, discusses Computrace, which helps organizations secure endpoints and the sensitive data those... Read more »

Navy Red-Team Testing Moves to Business

EdgeWave's Mike Walls, a former bomber pilot who led Navy red teams, says penetration testing is useful in analyzing bits and bytes but not the readiness of operations under attack from cyberspace.... Read more »

Inside the Inception APT Campaign

Christophe Birkeland, CTO of malware analysis for Blue Coat Systems, was part of the team that discovered the Russia-targeting Inception campaign, and says the hunt for new APT attacks remains ongoing. Read more »