A reporter attended AusCERT and then wrote a story about a privacy presentation based on a stunt. The details of the stunt are not very interesting. In brief, photos set to private on Facebook were found exposed on publicly accessible systems, which is like saying cheese was made from milk today. What is actually interesting … Continue reading Queensland Qops Arrest Security Reporter →

On April 20th AgileBits offered the following advice to its users: The bottom line is that there is no need to panic about Dropbox security They were talking about the following three issues: Dropbox does not encrypt the file names Dropbox does not protect its automatic login token Contrary to what was stated in the … Continue reading Dropbox Encryption Faces FTC Complaint →

I just read that a vast network of ATMs will soon allow transactions without a card (PDF). Payment Alliance International (PAI), a leader in electronic payment processing solutions, and MagTek, a global leader in secure mobile payments technology, jointly announce the deployment of MagTek’s Qwick Codes across PAI’s nationwide network of over 50,000 ATM machines. … Continue reading Qwick Codes and Card-less ATMs →

A new best practices document is available from Visa. It is meant to address questions related to mobile phones accepting card payments. …a set of mobile acceptance best practices for merchants, software developers and device manufacturers who are using consumer mobile devices, such as smartphones and tablet computing platforms to facilitate the acceptance of card … Continue reading Visa Releases Mobile Best Practices →