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  • November 10, 2022

PCI DSS 4.0 is coming: how to prepare for the looming changes to credit card payment rules

For enterprises that handle credit card data, which means just about every consumer-facing company, payment processing is a mission-critical system that requires the highest levels of security. The volume of transactions conducted with general purpose credit cards (American Express, Discover, Mastercard, Visa, UnionPay in China, and JCB in Japan) totaled $581 billion in 2021, up […]

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  • November 10, 2022

REPEAT AND REFINE: HOW DO YOU GET TO CARNEGIE HALL? (Pt. 6 of “Why Don’t You Go Dox Yourself?”)

Welcome back! In our last article, you cleared out your extraneous digital footprints by removing unnecessary accounts and opting-out of data broker services, and have finished a dedicated review of your online history. In this final section, we will answer the natural question encountered at the end of any journey: What’s next?  Before becoming the […]

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  • November 10, 2022

Citrix Issues Patches for Critical Flaw Affecting ADC and Gateway Products

Citrix has released security updates to address a critical authentication bypass flaw in the application delivery controller (ADC) and Gateway that could be exploited to take control of affected systems. Successful exploitation of the issues could enable an adversary to gain authorized access, perform remote desktop takeover, and even circumvent defenses against login brute-force attempts under

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Some 98% of Global Firms Suffer Supply Chain Breach in 2021

Two-fifths still trust suppliers to handle their own security

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The pros and cons of the digital transformation in banking

The content of this post is solely the responsibility of the author.  AT&T does not adopt or endorse any of the views, positions, or information provided by the author in this article.  Digital transformation in banking began following the creation of the internet in the 1990s as a way for banks to deliver services to […]

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  • November 10, 2022

Re-Focusing Cyber Insurance with Security Validation

The rise in the costs of data breaches, ransomware, and other cyber attacks leads to rising cyber insurance premiums and more limited cyber insurance coverage. This cyber insurance situation increases risks for organizations struggling to find coverage or facing steep increases. Some Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP’s law firm clients, for example, reported a three-fold […]

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Couple Get 40 Years for Navy Espionage Plot

Duo tried to sell secrets of nuclear propulsion

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Malware Redirects 15,000 Sites in Malicious SEO Campaign

Campaign designed to improve search engine rankings of spammy sites

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  • November 10, 2022

High-Severity Flaw Reported in Critical System Used in Oil and Gas Companies

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new vulnerability in a system used across oil and gas organizations that could be exploited by an attacker to inject and execute arbitrary code. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2022-0902 (CVSS score: 8.1), is a path-traversal vulnerability in ABB Totalflow flow computers and remote controllers. “Attackers can exploit this flaw to gain […]

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