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Photos: Cracking open the iPhone
News Then push it in to pop out the SIM card holder and card. The SIM card is held by a small holder in the top of the iPhone. The sleep/wake button, SIM card slot, headset jack, volume buttons and vibrate switch are all connected to the main printed...
[July 6, 2007, 12:46]
Europe speeds up electronic ID plans
News Additionally, a new EU passport containing biometric data about its holder has been pencilled in for introduction in 2005, a few months after the US makes biometric passports for non visa-holders compulsory.
[October 23, 2003, 15:40]
Virtual Villains of Security & PCI Compliance: Future Challenges of MPLS, Virtual Machines and VLANs
White Papers Compliance with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) will continue to change and adapt to mitigate the risk of compromised card holder information. Due to the ever changing landscape of security, a proactive stance towards...
[July 29, 2008, 0:00]
TechNet Webcast: Best Practices for Security With SQL Server 2008 and SafeNet Luna HSM Support (Level 300)
White Papers Requirement three of the PCI DSS requires the encryption of any stored card holder data. Emerging industry compliance standards, such as the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and Payment Card Industry Data Security...
[July 4, 2009, 1:20]
RFID With Bio-Smart Card in Linux
White Papers Combination of smart card and biometrics has achieved in two step authentication where smart card authentication is based on a Personal Identification Number (PIN) and the card holder is authenticated using the biometrics template stored in the...
[April 18, 2007, 1:00]
How the PCI Wireless Guidelines Apply to You
White Papers PCI Security Standards Council has acknowledged that wireless is a clear and present danger to network security and those who collect, store or transmit card holder data must take steps to assure that it is secure, whether or not wireless is...
[October 1, 2009, 1:24]
PCI SSC Prioritized Approach
White Papers The Prioritized Approach provides guidance that will help merchants identify how to reduce risk to card holder data as early on as possible in their compliance journey. The tool groups together the requirements of PCI DSS 1.2 into six key...
[July 1, 2009, 1:19]
Card Security and Cryptography
White Papers This gives the card holder a secure way of storing keys especially if the key pair was generated on the card. By doing the actual cryptography on the card, the keys never have to leave their storage place.
[August 14, 2003, 0:00]
How to Achieve Compliance With Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Protection Clauses and Protect Against Data Breaches
White Papers As mandated by PCI 10, data auditing should provide for detailed monitoring of all access to the card holder as well as alerting on potential data theft. With the severity of recent data breaches, anxiety in the security and compliance community...
[May 31, 2008, 1:01]
Hackers gain credit card details through UK retailer
News But a MasterCard holder whose card was stopped as a result of the security breach told ZDNet UK sister site silicon.com that his card issuer, Goldfish, part of Morgan Stanley, said more than 4,000 people have been affected.
[May 2, 2006, 10:50]
Government releases more details of UK ID Card
Blog The new credit-card sized document will show the holder's photograph, name, date of birth, nationality and immigration status. Not got time to digest this at the moment but here's the information from the government press office on the trial of the...
[September 25, 2008, 14:00]
Gov't watchdog reveals early ID card concerns
News While the ID cards currently in circulation carry the biometrics of the holder on a chip, there are no scanners in use in the UK with the ability to read them. The agency charged with driving value for money for government projects has revealed its...
[March 20, 2009, 15:49]
Asylum seekers get UK's first biometric ID cards
News The card will also contain a secure updatable chip for additional information such as the holder's address. The Application Registration Card (ARC) will contain the bearer's fingerprint, as well as their photograph, name, date of birth and...
[February 4, 2002, 17:26]
Visa plans trial of contactless debit cards
News A security check asking the card-holder to enter their PIN will be done only after a certain number of transactions. Visa is to trial contactless debit cards in London this autumn that will allow shoppers to pay for low-value goods by simply...
[June 26, 2006, 16:35]
TfL reponds to Oyster crack claims
Blog No personal information is stored on an Oyster card and specific information relating to the individual card holder (name, address, telephone etc) is stored on a central database and kept separate from journey data.
[June 19, 2008, 9:58]
PayPal users targeted by email scam
News The message, which appears to come from info@paypal.com, instructs the account holder to enter credit card and bank account numbers in an online form embedded in the email. The messages ask recipents to submit bank and credit card details.
[March 10, 2003, 11:12]
RFID to be fitted in all mobiles by 2010
News Djuphammar said credit card companies could make use of mobile user location data and IP mapping to ascertain whether a transaction is taking place in the vicinity of the official card holder, thereby judging whether the transaction is likely to...
[June 25, 2009, 12:10]
Google search exposes anti-Bush subscribers
News Earlier this month, security researchers found a way to use the search engine to find lists of credit card numbers, along with card holder information, that had been posted online by traders of illicit financial information.
[August 23, 2004, 11:50]
Identity fraud:The scourge of cyber business
News If passed, the act would outlaw the sale or purchase of Social Security numbers without the consent of the card holder. Digital consumers are still haunted by the potential for credit card theft on the Internet.
[June 16, 2000, 9:05]
Destinator SP review
Reviews In the box you also get a RoyalTek Bluetooth GPS receiver that's small and light enough to pocket easily, a sucker-type car mounting system with clamp-style holder for your smartphone and a cigarette-lighter charger for the GPS unit.
[July 13, 2005, 14:50]
