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For mobile payments to reach a critical mass, they must work everywhere, every time. With that in mind, Visa released a set of mobile acceptance best practices this week for merchants, developers and device manufacturers who are using consumer mobile devices process card payments.

The Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) released a new report at its conference taking place this week in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, revealing that use of subdomain services to host phishing sites almost doubled in the second half of 2010.

Have you ever seen those crazy late night commercials where a salesperson is trying to sell you things like the Snuggie or the knife that can cut anything? You’ll be pleased to learn that this indestructible blade is the last one you’ll ever need. Do you need to chop some onions? Do you have a stray brick lying about that you’ve been meaning to saw through?

Apple today responded to several of the common questions it has recently received about the gathering and use of location information by its devices.

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PlayStation Breach, Network Hacked: Sensitive User Data Compromised

Entrust announced today that it is extending its Non-Federal Identity SSP service to include Personal Identity Verification-Interoperable (PIV-I) compliance for state governments, the private sector and entities that wish to securely communicate and interoperate with the U.S. federal government.

Virtual Patching Takes the Pain out of Defending against SQL injection Attacks Like LizaMoon

Coverity, a company that helps developers reduce defects and increase security in their software, today released a new solution for code governance that enables software development organizations to set policies for code quality and security, and then manage, monitor and report on these policies as code is tested.

With Electronic Mail rooms, You Can hold on to Documents Almost Indefinitely, and that Generates a Security Risk.

What you need to know when it comes to keeping security on the systems you outsource to a cloud service provider

Sovereign Bank said that fraudsters have been targeting its brand via automated phone calls coming from unauthorized parties claiming to be calling from Sovereign Bank. The bank said it is investigating reports that some customers as well as non-customers have randomly received fraudulent phone calls asking for financial information related to their debit cards.

Social media can be a useful tool in promoting a company name. Used properly, the potential for marketing and increasing business is substantial. But, what about employee access to social media sites? Every day, employees on their breaks or during working hours use social media sites like Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, ICQ, wikis and photo-and video-sharing services. These are among the Internet’s fastest growing sites – perhaps more popular than personal email.

Earlier this week, several news outlets reported that the 20-year-old son of Kaspersky Lab CEO, Eugene Kaspersky, had gone missing, with kidnappers reportedly demanding €3m (about US$4.4) for his release. Russian news outlets incorrectly reported on Friday that the younger Kaspersky was returned after a ransom was paid. It turns out that Ivan Kaspersky has been, in fact, been returned safely, but according to an official statement from Kaspersky, no ransom was paid.

PlayStation Network Hacked - Updated 04/24 8:55AM