Retailer Challenges Visa $13.2M PCI Fine in Court

Genesco Inc., a Tennessee-based shoe retailer, is taking Visa to court in what is being reported as the first case challenging fines and penalties levied by the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard PCI DSS under which Genesco was fined $13.3 million. In late 2010, attackers compromised...

FTC Finalizes Facebook Settlement over Privacy

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission today announced it had finalized its settlement with Facebook, which is now subject to biennial privacy audits for the next 20 years and requires its nearly 1 billion users opt in to any future privacy policy changes. The settlement announcement follows news that...

Google Under Investigation By EU and US for Safari Privacy Bypass

Search Giant, Google, is catching heat from regulators in the United States and European Union for evading privacy controls in Apple’s Safari browser. The Wall Street Journal is reportingthat investigations span several state and federal agencies in the U.S. and Europe, where the effort is being...

Palestine : Hackers have taken down phone and Internet services

Palestine : Hackers have taken down phone and Internet services The main phone network in the West Bank and Gaza has suffered a sustained attack by computer hackers, the Palestinian Authority PA says. Mashour Abou Daqqa, the Palestinian telecoms minister, said the disruptions, which began Tuesday...

Recent Surveys Reveal Trends and Spending Habits for Retailers in PCI Compliance

Recently, Gartner Research released two separate research reports on retailer PCI DSS compliance progress, trends and strategies. These reports are based on a survey of 77 merchants of varying sizes and covers a wide range of topics, including compliance status, spending and the incidence of...

Kitchen Confidential: Mass. Case Lays Bare Unsanitary Data Security Practices

I worked in my share of kitchens when I was younger. I washed dishes, made salads, sous cheffed and worked the grill as a short order cook. And let me say this: one rule you learn when you work in the kitchen is – to borrow a phrase from the folks in ‘Vegas – ‘what happens in the kitchen stays in...

Canada Introduces Bill C-28 to Combat Spam with Hefty Fines

Spam is arguably the most irritating aspect of the internet and email for people globally. However, there is hope in Canada for those who have been targeted by spammers. A new law, Bill C-28, aims to facilitate government efforts in prosecuting and fining individuals and companies guilty of sendi...

Attacks On MPAA's UK Law Firm Lead to Data Leaks, Lawsuit

A UK Law firm that has aggressively pursued cases against illegal file sharing on behalf of the Motion Picture Association of America MPAA and Recording Industry Association of America RIAA now finds itself in the cross hairs of both hackers and and privacy activists. The firm was the subject of...

Ransomware Tactic Lures Via Copyright Scare

An ongoing ransomware campaign is pretending to be the fake ICPP Foundation icpp-online.com, where the ransomware locks down the user’s desktop issuing a “Copyright violation: copyrighted content detected” message which lists torrent files found on the infected PC and forces the user to pay $400...