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Smartphones: The Next Hacker Heaven?
Smartphones: The Next Hacker Heaven?

Data breaches have certainly dominated the headlines during the past few months. The dust hadn’t settled around Stuxnet when the Sony and RSA incidents occurred. We have also…

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A Huge Stride To EMV In The US
A Huge Stride To EMV In The US

Regular readers of this blog will know that I have been writing about eating the US EMV elephant for some time.…

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Warning: Are Your Keys Exposed In Public Google Searches?
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Warning: Are Your Keys Exposed In Public Google Searches?

A researcher has revealed this week how easy it can be to find the private keys that are supposedly securing organisations’ sensitive data. No clever hacks or tricks of the…

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Preventing Advanced Persistent Threats: Keep The Code Authentic

Code signing is one concept not earning enough attention amid all the coverage of advanced persistent threats (APTs). A main reason APTs are an issue is because attackers can…

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New FFIEC Guidelines Make No Mention Of Strong Authentication
New FFIEC Guidelines Make No Mention Of Strong Authentication

On Tuesday the US banking regulator, the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC),…

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Key Management Strategies In The Cloud Part 4:Treat Your Cryptographic Keys As More Than Just Data
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Key Management Strategies In The Cloud Part 4:Treat Your Cryptographic Keys As More Than Just Data

As the final in a series of posts on key management in the Cloud, following are the remaining three possible strategies that organisations could look to adopt when thinking…

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