Video Games are getting more connected to the Internet, and thus are more likely to be hacked or DOS’ed (Denial of Service) Trend Micro listed a few items that happened http://blog.trendmicro.com/video-game-vulnerabilities/?linkId=11643669 The Xbox hack happened on Christmas day 04 2014: http://oversitesentry.com/christmas-hacking-while-you-were-out/ I tried to go to the Sony website on Christmas: And I got site … Read more
Dark Reading has an article on PCI compliance from end of last year: http://www.darkreading.com/risk/compliance/how-pci-dss-30-can-help-stop-data-breaches/a/d-id/1318306 An important paragraph: “In the cases of the largest data breaches, in 2014 a common point of vulnerability was the exploit of remote access methods to implant malware on systems that store, process, or transmit cardholder data. Frequently the point of … Read more
There are a lot of 2015 prognostications and predictions, but instead of also going down that path I want to find and discuss our biggest cybersecurity challenge. Today’s car bomb explosion in front of a synagogue in Sarcelles (near Paris, France) gives a reminder of sudden attacks by physical problems in our world. Fortunately these types … Read more
This link explains why I created these sites in the first place http://www.fixvirus.com/philotimodo-the-right-thing-your-network/ PCI compliance is only trying to get you to do some Philotimo -“do the right thing”. Scan your computers and fix any problems to prevent the hackers from attacking you.
The reason PCI (Payment Card Industry) has set up the organization is to officially create a place for all users of the system to look up how to secure their systems and networks. In the “real world” you call the credit card processor, such as First Data, which then has a method of contacting VISA, Mastercard, … Read more
