VISTA InfoSec

JULY 5, 2023

In this blog post, we’ll delve into the significance of PCI DSS compliance in healthcare and explore how it helps protect patient data and privacy. Medical Data: Medical information is stored securely in digital files, databases, fingerprint records, and DNA samples. However, we will also share our knowledge about it in this blog post.

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VISTA InfoSec

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

In this blog post, we will delve into the changes introduced in PCI DSS Requirement 8 from version 3.2.1 Changes Core Focus Limiting database access to programmatic methods (apps, stored procedures) and database administrators. Terminology Applications should use their own IDs, not individual user IDs to access the database.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 31, 2018

For example, Marriott , Facebook and a database marketing firm by the name of Exactis exposed the records of roughly 300 million people. The marketing and data aggregation firm uses a database containing files on hundreds of millions of Americans, which it left unsecured and accessible on the open internet where anyone could view the files.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 9, 2018

Bob Diachenko, Hacken.io ’s director of cyber risk research, revealed in a blog post that the company’s MongoDB database wasn’t secured with password protection, which meant anyone could access and download its data. The 19 gigabyte database contained more than 260,000 records, including customer names and email addresses.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 24, 2019

The company did not reveal details about the database, length of exposure time or how it was fixed, reporters said. In August 2018, T-Mobile told customers in a blog post that a cyber-attack exposed the personal information of about 3 percent of its users.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 29, 2019

The leak was the result of an internal database — the Elasticsearch system — being unwittingly exposed online, Wyze Co-founder Dongsheng Song said in a forum post first published on Dec. He noted that the Elasticsearch system speeds up queries, and though it was not a production database, it stored user data. . million members.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 22, 2020

Armstrong has been publishing a blog series with updates on the steps Coinbase has taken in response to the pandemic. Pollak said the company had used horizontal scaling on the database side of things, spacing out its databases to allow for more reads while still letting writes continue unimpeded.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 28, 2019

Imperva said in a blog post on its website that it learned about the exposure via a third party on Aug. The affected customer database, however, contained old Incapsula records that only go up to Sept. We profoundly regret that this incident occurred and will continue to share updates going forward,” Imperva said in its blog post. “In

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VISTA InfoSec

JANUARY 18, 2024

For instance, web servers, database servers, and DNS should each be implemented on their own separate servers. We also encourage you to check out our previous and upcoming blogs on the changes in requirements from v3.2.1 Requirement and Testing Procedures 2.2.1 a Choose a sample of system components. in PCI DSS.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 26, 2018

Companies can deploy the protocol via application program interface (API), CapLinked explained in a blog post , to secure transactions and data surrounding key enterprise deals like M&A, licensing, financing and more. The solution can also safeguard information linked to compliance, auditing and regulatory review, the company noted.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

25) the launch of Amazon Rekognition Custom Labels, a new feature allowing customers to train their custom model to identify database and inventory items. Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced on Monday (Nov.

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Segpay

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

In this blog, we will explore the importance of digital identity verification, the technologies involved and the challenges it faces. typing speed, location data), with authoritative databases or records. This process involves comparing official documents (e.g., passports, driver’s licenses), biometric data (e.g.,

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PYMNTS

MARCH 25, 2020

OfferUp has been winning recently, closing out a $120 million funding round and acquiring its top competitor, letgo , according to a blog post on the company’s website. Nothing will change for existing OfferUp or letgo accounts, the blog stated, and any items already on either site will remain intact with no changes.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 15, 2020

It had assured the recipients they were not in Klarna’s database. This was a human error and the email was incorrectly sent for which we are extremely sorry,” read company blog on Monday (Oct. This means that Klarna processes all credit and debit card transactions for these retailers,” according to the company’s blog.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 25, 2019

All user passwords were reset at web hosting company Hostinger after it discovered a customer database was hacked, reports said on Sunday (Aug. Hostinger said in a blog post that it got an alert that one of its servers was hacked on Thursday (Aug. This latest breach is just one of many that seem to occur on a semi-regular basis.

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VISTA InfoSec

OCTOBER 25, 2023

This blog is designed to equip you with effective strategies for a successful risk assessment, incorporating the principles of ISO 31000 risk management. Welcome to our comprehensive guide on ‘Conducting an ISO 27001 Risk Assessment’. Let’s enhance your risk assessment! Likelihood : The probability of a threat exploiting a vulnerability.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 18, 2020

Facebook has purchased Mapillary in the social media giant’s efforts to expand open mapping efforts, Mapillary said in a blog post. The Facebook mapping efforts have powered Facebook Marketplace and its database of small businesses, and they have been used to aid humanitarian efforts through the world, the post notes.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 25, 2020

OfferUp has been winning recently, closing out a $120 million funding round and acquiring its top competitor, letgo , according to a blog post on the company’s website. Nothing will change for existing OfferUp or letgo accounts, the blog stated, and any items already on either site will remain intact with no changes.

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Nanonets

JULY 29, 2023

PostgreSQL is a powerful open-source relational database management system that is widely used by developers and businesses worldwide. In this blog, we will explore various methods to import CSV files to PostgreSQL tables. It is a robust and scalable database management system that can handle large amounts of data efficiently.

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FICO

APRIL 28, 2022

Our two-part blog series will discuss our initial insights into how this emerging BNPL credit product could impact the FICO ® Score and its predictive power. This blog is co-authored with Senior Director of FICO Scores and Predictive Analytics, Suna Hafizogullari. Stay tuned! by Ethan Dornhelm.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 18, 2019

In his blog , Hunt talked about how he discovered the breach. To make matters worse, about 140 million emails and 10 million passwords were new to the HIBP database, meaning they’ve never been reported stolen or compromised before. Users of HIBP can enter their email into a query and see if it’s been compromised. billion combos.

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Fintech News

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Meanwhile, blockchain’s role as a distributed database and universal computing power will become increasingly integral in various sectors, including AI, physical infrastructure, and network nodes.

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PYMNTS

JULY 29, 2020

In other news, Ledger , the crypto wallet maker, reported a data breach that resulted in the exposure of 1 million email addresses and other data, according to a blog post on the company’s website. In addition to email addresses, the data accessed included names, phone numbers, ordered products and postal addresses.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

We anticipate the deal to close in the coming weeks and look forward to welcoming the JoyRun team to Walmart’s Supply Chain Technology team at that time,” he said in a blog post. “We Kinesis, as described on the AWS site, is “a massively scalable and durable real-time data streaming service.

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PYMNTS

JULY 14, 2020

In other news, digital asset modeling language (DAML) smart contract language maker Digital Asset has notched VMware as an investor in its Series C round, which had been unveiled in December of last year, according to a blog post.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

The news of the firm’s shrinking workforce was paired with a blog post from President and CEO Margo Georgiadis that affirmed the slowdown. The issue was surfaced by the announcement of the leading firm in the segment, Ancestry.com, which announced across-the-board layoffs earlier this week.

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PYMNTS

MAY 27, 2020

The Facebook-owned photo and video-sharing social network said it expects users will boost their earnings through Instagram Live, a feature that allows users to stream video and engage followers in real time, and IGTV, its standalone video app, the company said on its blog Wednesday (May 27).

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Nanonets

JULY 10, 2024

This tutorial blog examines some of the use cases of key-value pair extractions, the traditional and current approaches to solving the task, and a sample implementation with code. An example of key-value pair extraction KVPs are the building blocks of many data structures and databases. What is a Key-Value Database?

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PYMNTS

APRIL 18, 2019

Facebook admitted on Thursday (April 18) that millions of Instagram passwords were available to be seen by employees in a company-wide database, according to a report by CNBC. The admission is an update to a Facebook blog post released on March 21 stating that millions of Facebook passwords were also viewable by employees.

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Segpay

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Blockchain technology offers a solution to these concerns, enabling age verification without collecting or storing sensitive data in a centralized database. This blog was written by @SandeCopywriter on behalf of SEGPAY.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 17, 2017

In a blog post , the company announced news that the data breach may have happened several years ago, but that it was only recently alerted to the cyberattack. Since 2013, we have made significant upgrades and improvements to our systems, security protocols, password security and database.

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PYMNTS

JULY 29, 2020

In other news, Ledger , the crypto wallet maker, reported a data breach that resulted in the exposure of 1 million email addresses and other data, according to a blog post on the company’s website. In addition to email addresses, the data accessed included names, phone numbers, ordered products and postal addresses.

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FICO

OCTOBER 5, 2017

In this and the next few blog posts, I am going to address the most common ones. EFL is doubling the size of its database each year, further improving its assessment and predictive power. This is a guest post from Alan Martinez, an advisor with FICO scoring partner EFL Global.

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FICO

JANUARY 22, 2021

Last year I blogged a lot about how payments and fraud patterns have changed. In this blog post I’ll do some quick level-setting with 2019 card fraud numbers, touch on what that looked like for 2020, and then share a round-up of several of the latest credit card fraud trends.

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Segpay

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

This blog explores child protection laws across key Latin American countries, highlighting their different approaches and the evolving regulatory frameworks. Features : It combines document verification, device, and database checks to ensure the age and identity of users. Age verification helps to create a safer internet environment.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 7, 2020

Restaurant loyalty firm Paytronix was key in helping Zukku Sushi adapt to using a ghost kitchen and keep its three locations humming with takeout and delivery orders during the COVID-19 pandemic, the company said in a blog post on Tuesday (April 7). .

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PYMNTS

APRIL 5, 2018

“Today we’re launching AWS Secrets Manager, which makes it easy to store and retrieve your secrets via API or the AWS Command Line Interface (CLI) and rotate your credentials with built-in or custom AWS Lambda functions,” the company wrote in a blog post.

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