The 5 claims of PCI DSS snake oil salesmen

The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard PCI DSS is fast becoming the de facto standard for securing critical infrastructure across many industries. This is because a large number of businesses much larger than originally envisioned process credit cards and are, therefore, required to be...

Infrastructure attacks: A growing concern

In an essay published on his personal blog doxpara.com, security researcher Dan Kaminsky is starting to sound the alarm about “the extraordinary damage” we face from infrastructure attacks, warning that the industry needs to treat infrastructure with more security due diligence and care. “Forget...

More Vulnerabilities with Pingtel xpressa SIP-based IP phones

The Sys-Security Group Security Advisory "More Vulnerabilities with Pingtel xpressa SIP-based IP Phones" Release Date: 08/20/2002 Affected Platforms: Pingtel xpressa SIP IP phones model PX-1 with software version 2.0.1 and below; Pingtel instant xpressa softphones with software version 2.0.1 and...