A new article on darkreading.com is focusing on the fact that criminals are now focusing on small and medium sized businesses, as larger enterprises have toughened up their security, making them tougher to penetrate.
Most small businesses still lack in policy, procedures and technology to address security threats adequately. That may change in the near term [...]

An article on Boston.com is reporting mysterious charges on credit cards that are causing concern among the security community.
Cardholders are noticing new, unexplained charges and credits from fictitious companies with a value under $1. The concern is that fraudsters are validating and testing credit card databases and that larger charges against these cards could be [...]

We have something new to worry about this week in the IT world. Information has recently been released demonstrating the capture of keystrokes on a computer from up to 20m away using an antenna. The article demonstrates how this happens with wired keyboards and notebooks.
This is particularly troubling, as it means computers need not be compromised with malware [...]

11 people were charged today in a credit card theft case involving at least 41 million credit and debit cards. The Associated Press story describes the fraudsters as opportunists who were not overly tech savvy. It’s a good read for our viewers and describes what we are trying to protect you against with PCI-DSS compliance!

I am updating our project plan template for implementing PCI-DSS with our customers and paused to reflect on how difficult it is to change culture in some small businesses. In larger enterprises, IT departments are given the iron fist with which to rule by, but small businesses typically outsource their IT to companies like ours where there is [...]