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August 21, 2012  2:21 PM

Has PayPal lost its collective mind?



Posted by: David Schneier
checking account, checks, credit, credit card, cyber security, data security, hack, hacker, hackers, hacking, identify theft, identity management, identity theft, information security, NPPI, password, password theft, phish, phishing, PII, privacy, regulation, regulations

I'm not much of a shopper.  I decide what it is I need/want to buy, assess the market place to determine quality and price and once I have a generally strong sense for both make a decision and move forward.  My wife on the other hand loves the constant trolling, scouring and scouting of just...

July 29, 2012  6:39 PM

Credit Card Breaches: The times they need a changin’



Posted by: David Schneier
ATM, bank, banking, banks, breach, checking account, community bank, credit, credit card, cyber security, data security, evidence, financial institutions, hack, hacker, hackers, hacking, id theft, identity theft, information security, network, oversight, PCI, personally identifiable informaiton, PII, regulation, regulations, Security, security breach, theft

If my blogging about credit card breaches has a bit of a deja vu feel to it you're not crazy, I last touched on it less than six months ago.  Sadly I was handed a new update this week in the form of my bank card being cancelled from right out underneath me again.   For those of you keeping score...


November 11, 2011  7:41 PM

Vishing, Smishing and Phishing: No end in sight.



Posted by: David Schneier
assessment, Audit, compliance, GLBA, hack, hacker, NCUA, phish, phishing, red flags, red flags identity theft, regulatory, Regulatory Compliance, scam, smish, smishing, vish, vishing

This is something akin to my annual public service announcement (PSA) for anyone who has cash-on-hand, a bank account, an investment account or perhaps even a piggy bank:  As long as you have money there's someone out there right now scheming to try and take it away from you. I'm having that...


October 22, 2010  3:20 AM

After a data security breach, who’s to blame?



Posted by: David Schneier
anti-malware, anti-virus, assessment, Audit, hack, HIPAA, regulations, regulatory, Regulatory Compliance, scanning, vulnerability

I read a blog post last week from my friend Ed Moyle in which he discussed a story about how a professor at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill was demoted because a server used in her research project was hacked.  A committee had concluded that it was the professor's fault that the...


March 22, 2010  3:20 PM

Information security awareness begins at home



Posted by: David Schneier
ATM, Facebook, hack, hacker, information security, LinkedIn, Regulatory Compliance, Security, security awareness, social network

Sometimes the best blog ideas just fall into my lap. I was greeted by this status the other day on Facebook:  "

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