It turns out that the Heart Bleed Bug is not only affecting websites. Software companies are reporting that networking equipment is also currently affected. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...
On Thursday, the Justice Department and Federal Trade Commission sent corporate America a policy statement stating that it was OK to share cyber threat information, according to The Business Journals. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...
After the Target and Neiman Marcus security breaches, one would assume that U.S. retailers were doing what they can to help prevent another incident. However, Bloomberg Business Week is reporting that many retailers are still vulnerable to credit card fraud. Get the Full Story Complete...
Earlier this week the Heartbleed exploit – a fault in OpenSSL that could theoretically grant an attacker to access to confidential information in an affected system with just a simple network request- was discovered. OpenSSL is an used in fundamental security software by organizations and companies...
Earlier this week, IdentityMind announced at the Inside Bitcoins event in New York that they will be partnering with Jumio and launch its IGNITE program. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...
This week the Heartbleed bug was made public and many sites like eBay; Etsy and PayPal are giving advice to merchants who are worried. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...
Alipay, the payment unit of Chinese e-commerce firm Alibaba Group, plans to invest CNY 40 million in order to create an online payment security investment fund, according to Telecompaper. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...
PayPal also posted a blog advising users that there was no need to take additional action or change passwords. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe...
Well, it might not constitute breach news per se – or it doesn’t yet anyway– but the announcement this week that two-thirds of all online websites for the past two years had been vulnerable certainly was. The security flaw, dubbed Heartbleed,” had made openly available...
