“Never pay ransomware.” That message remains unchanged since extortionists began pummeling organizations worldwide with demands for digital coins in exchange for reverting maliciously encrypted data. It doesn’t appear to have landed. As blockchain intelligence firm Chainalysis reports, victims last year paid out cryptocurrency worth more than $600 million to ransomware-wielding gangs. Clearly, ransomware remains a […]
Point-of-sale machines are one of the most important parts of the retail ecosystem. After all, without these devices, transactions couldn’t take place, or would be incredibly slow with pencil and paper. Therefore, ensuring the functionality and security of these systems should be a high priority for any retailer. If they don’t want to incur extra […]
A #national retail federation attorney said Wednesday that an updated #fbi #warning on chip card vulnerabilities waters down the need for #pin #security. The FBI on Friday posted a revised warning about vulnerabilities with new chip-embedded credit cards that deletes language about the need to use PIN security, which had appeared in the FBI’s original […]
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