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GUEST ESSAY: ‘CyberXchange’ presents a much-needed platform for cybersecurity purchases

The Last Watchdog

Consider that PCI-DSS alone has over 250 complex requirements that include things like endpoint protection, password management, anti-virus, border security, data recovery and awareness training. The pandemic is creating a huge shift in the way consumers use ecommerce platforms.

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Visa warns of new sophisticated credit card skimmer dubbed Baka

Security Affairs

The alert includes Indicators of Compromise and the following list of best practices and mitigation measures: • Institute recurring checks in eCommerce environments for communications with the C2s. Ensure familiarity and vigilance with code integrated into eCommerce environments via service providers.

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Visa Security Alert: 12 Steps to Keep Card Skimmers Off Your Website

SecureWorld News

Institute recurring checks in eCommerce environments for communications with the C2s. Ensure familiarity and vigilance with code integrated into eCommerce environments via service providers. Regularly scan and test eCommerce sites for vulnerabilities or malware. Ask questions and require a thorough report.

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4 Easy Steps to Protect Your WordPress Site

SiteLock

Whether just taking the plunge into the WordPress wonderland to launch a personal blog or full-fledged ecommerce site, or you’ve been using WordPress for a while now, it was a good choice. Use Strong Passwords. Use strong, non-dictionary passwords for the WordPress admin and database users. And never reuse passwords.

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SiteLock’s Top Five Cybersecurity Predictions For 2020

SiteLock

If a manufacturer hardcodes a master password within the device’s firmware, the device becomes extremely vulnerable from a security perspective, especially if an attacker is able to locate and download the password to access the device.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Going Passwordless

ForAllSecure

Passwords are everywhere, but they probably weren't intended to be used as much as they are today. Maybe you are at an organization that requires you to change your passwords every 90 days or so, and so you have password fatigue -- there are only so many variations you can do every 90 days or so. I must have the password.

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The Hacker Mind: Shellshock

ForAllSecure

Anyway I was testing this suite when I happened to randomly strike two keys -- I think it was control and B -- and up popped the password manager, displaying all my test passwords in the clear. Thing was, the manager required its own password, which I had not entered; remember, I had hit only two keys.