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The Top Payment Methods For Small Businesses

Stax

Its role is to encrypt and securely transfer your customers payment data to your payment processor. All the data transfer between the digital wallet and your payment terminal are encrypted and the system also uses tokenization to ensure iron-clad data security.

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PCI DSS Requirement 2 – Changes from v3.2.1 to v4.0 Explained

VISTA InfoSec

This includes, but is not limited to, default wireless encryption keys, passwords, and SNMP community strings. This includes, but is not limited to: -> Default wireless encryption keys. -> Passwords on wireless access points. -> SNMP defaults. -> Any other security-related wireless vendor defaults. in PCI DSS.

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Cyber security measures for small and medium enterprises (SMEs)

VISTA InfoSec

In addition, insider threats pose significant risks, as employees may inadvertently or maliciously compromise sensitive information. These tactics can have destructive effects on an organization, leading not only to financial losses but also to a compromise of client trust and brand reputation.

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Cyber security measures for small and medium enterprises (SMEs)

VISTA InfoSec

In addition, insider threats pose significant risks, as employees may inadvertently or maliciously compromise sensitive information. These tactics can have destructive effects on an organization, leading not only to financial losses but also to a compromise of client trust and brand reputation.

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Blockchain-Based Age Verification 

Segpay

How Blockchain-Based Age Verification Works After an initial identity check by a trusted authority, the user’s age is securely encrypted and stored on the blockchain. Adult Entertainment: Blockchain can securely verify users’ ages in the adult industry by storing encrypted, immutable age data on a decentralized ledger.

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US Card Skimming Grew Nearly 5x in 2022, New FICO Data Shows

FICO

For 2022, we saw a significant increase in compromised cards resulting from skimming activity. Total compromise cards were up 368% from 2021, with more than 161,000 impacted cards identified — nearly a 5x increase over 2021. Now that we have data from the entire year to review, we are seeing the alarming trend continue.

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New Yahoo Data Breach

PYMNTS

In September of this year, it was revealed that over 500 million Yahoo accounts had been compromised back in 2014. The stolen user account information may have included names, email addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, hashed passwords (using MD5) and, in some cases, encrypted or unencrypted security questions and answers.