Thousands of UK e-passports stolen this week are likely to sell for up to 20m on the black market, privacy experts have said.
Researchers from Cambridge University have succeeded in capturing both PIN numbers and card details from supposedly tamper-proof PIN terminals using a paperclip, a needle and some wire.
A two-factor authentication system operated by Dutch bank ABN Amro has been compromised and money stolen from four customers who fell victim to a phishing scam.
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Counterpane CTO Bruce Schneier says Microsoft is stalling the adoption of a best practices document on software security.
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Early this decade, Microsoft weathered unrelenting criticism over a controversial set of technologies known as Palladium, which the company envisioned as creating a kind of secure vault to store passwords or medical records.
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Digital Rights Management certainly gives media companies the ability to control the manner in which consumers use licensed products, but it could also lead to more price flexibility for consumers.
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