Archive for June, 2008
Monday, June 30th, 2008
You have been approved for a secured Platinum Visa and a Platinum Mastercard with a total credit limit of $10,000** (with both cards) in secured credit! You get the benefits of Platinum status: emergency cash transfers, free $150,000 accident insurance, free auto rental insurance, free extended warranty protection
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Sunday, June 29th, 2008
The United States and the European Union are nearing completion of an agreement allowing law enforcement and security agencies to obtain private information — like credit card transactions, travel histories and Internet browsing habits — about people on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean.
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Saturday, June 28th, 2008
Identity Stronghold hits 1 MillionSecureIDNews (press release), FL - 2 hours agoThat is one explanation for the news from security product maker Identity Stronghold that the company has shipped its one-millionth contactless smart card ... |
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Saturday, June 28th, 2008
Information Card Foundation launchedePaymentsnews Network (subscription), Canada - 15 hours agoThe ID card model proposed by the ICF requires that all three players (user, provider, trusted third party) be synchronised before the transaction could ... |
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Saturday, June 28th, 2008
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Saturday, June 28th, 2008
Well, “Mission Accomplished” in North Korea, kids … L’il Kim handed China a laundry list of nuclear bits and pieces so the Dubby has declared him, and his brutal dictatorship, no longer evil. Pffft! Tell it to the political prisoners. Oh, but wait — none of that trio has a red hot record in human rights, do they. OK … never mind. Just a little pissing contest among the three ‘evil’ monkeys [you know — the hear no, see no, speak no dumb-ass monkeys.] And — oh, yes — the Supremes like ‘em some
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Saturday, June 28th, 2008
The United States and the European Union are nearing completion of an agreement allowing law enforcement and security agencies to obtain private information — like credit card transactions, travel histories and Internet browsing habits — about people on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean. The potential agreement, an internal report obtained by Th
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Friday, June 27th, 2008
The state of New Mexico has a couple recounts that must be done because of close election results in those races. Previously recounts were accomplished by rereading the memory cards. One candidate in one of the recounts protested this means of finding out the real results of the election. The Secretary of State has now changed the process and the paper ballots will now be recounted. This will happen for all ballots except those from two Cibola County precincts where the ballots came up missing.
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Friday, June 27th, 2008
SSNs on Medicare Cards? June 27th, 2008 The New York Times reports that Social Security officials, concerned about the risk of identity theft, are calling for immediate action to remove Social Security numbers from the Medicare cards used by millions of Americans. But Medicare officials have pooh-poohed the proposal, saying it would be costly and impractical. In a new report, the inspector general of Social Security, Patrick P. O’Carroll Jr., says “immediate action is needed.” “Displaying
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Friday, June 27th, 2008
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Friday, June 27th, 2008
Researchers at a Dutch university have broken the security of the Mifare RFID chip, which is used in the Oyster card, a prepaid smartcard used for travel on UK public transportation.
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Friday, June 27th, 2008
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Friday, June 27th, 2008
New measures implemented in section 6.6 of the Payment Card Industry (PCI) standard, which come into force on 30 June, do nothing to address the threat of insiders, according to a database security firm.
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Friday, June 27th, 2008
Angelica Mari, Computing , Friday 27 June 2008 at 10:10:00 Duo front organisation to push the adoption of digital identity cards in an attempt to tackle online fraud Google and Microsoft have launched the Information Card Foundation (ICF) to jointly develop tools to improve data protection for consumers and businesses....
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Friday, June 27th, 2008
Twice a week, I walk to my Japanese lesson through busy lunchtime crowds and I've been people watching as I go. It is interesting that about 75% of the people I pass along the way are wearing ID/security badges on straps around their necks. Those cards are truly ubiquitous nowadays. I've been playing a game with the other 25% of the people on the street. If you hung a security card around their necks, how does my perception of them change? The guy in the black jeans and funky styled hair goe
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Friday, June 27th, 2008
How’s this for a shocking series of events: Government thinks up marvellous new security technique that will save lives, at no cost or inconvenience to the public. Public says ‘huh?’ Government quietly announces that it will cost a vast amount of money, will constitute a massive invasion of privacy and will be massively inconvenient both to those using it and the general public. Public says ‘er, not convinced’. Government runs small pilot scheme Public get annoyed by pilot scheme for being mas
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Friday, June 27th, 2008
Crooks Nab Citibank ATM Codes, Steal Millions June 26, 2008 - 11:59pm — MacRonin Crooks Nab Citibank ATM Codes, Steal Millions - Via Slashdot : An anonymous reader writes "Citibank is reissuing ATM cards following a December server breach in which hackers stole customer PIN codes, Wired reports. In recent months the FBI has arrested 10 people in the New York area who were allegedly involved in using the codes to steal over $2 million from Citibank checking and savings accounts, including tw
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Thursday, June 26th, 2008
By printing Social Security numbers on Medicare cards, the federal government is leaving seniors and disabled Americans vulnerable to identity theft, Sen. Chuck Schumer said Wednesday.
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Thursday, June 26th, 2008
REAL ID: The House unanimously approved a bill to prohibit the state from obtaining certification under the federal "Real ID" security standards for driver's licenses and nondriver identification cards. The bill also would authorize the governor or attorney general to file a lawsuit challenging the 2005 federal law. "I am opposed to Big Brother, and I am opposed to the federal government forcing ...
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Thursday, June 26th, 2008
MultiFactor Corporation announced the availability of its SecureAuth 4.5, a true plug-n-play, non-phishable two-factor authentication mechanism for Cisco VPN Authentication. The secure solution is specifically designed to address specific PCI (Payment Card Industry) compliance requirements for large enterprises.
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Thursday, June 26th, 2008
(((These are Chaos Computer Club guys and Dutch guys ganging up on the hapless British, but the British are starting to look like the computer-security newbie putzes of the universe. Just wait till it dawns on the increasingly paranoid British public that (a) Oysters are, in reality, spychip leeches that cling to you and can be used to track you anywhere and (b) now any ID thief can clone you just be standing next to you with some kiddie-script and a scanner.))) http://blog.wired.com/cars/2008/
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Thursday, June 26th, 2008
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Thursday, June 26th, 2008
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Thursday, June 26th, 2008
Southeast boosts ID security for studentsSoutheast Missourian, MO - 19 minutes ago"It's scary with as much identity theft that goes on. As a college student, I wouldn't want to deal with the stress of hey, someone opened a credit card in ... |
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Thursday, June 26th, 2008
Farmworkers bracing for new ID rulesMcMinnville News-Register, OR - 9 hours agoWhile the state had previously required collection of Social Security numbers from driver's license and ID card applicants, the governor's order required an ... |
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