Retail

Our retail vertical focus presents timely and incisive feature articles from industry leaders and the SC editorial team, regular statistical updates of key security indicators, breaking news, opinions and the latest product reviews covering all of the hot-button issues affecting the retail industry, including PCI compliance, customer data security and more.

Latest Retail News

Iowa ISP owner wins $236 million spam judgment

Dan Kaplan October 09, 2008

The owner of a small Iowan ISP has been battling spammers for years. His most recent victory came in the form of a $236 million judgment.
 

Prices for stolen information plummet

Dan Raywood October 09, 2008

The black-market price for stolen credit and debit card details has dropped to as little as $1.50, according to a newspaper investigation.
 

Palin email intruder indicted, faces up to five years in prison

Dan Kaplan October 08, 2008

A 20-year-old Tennessee man has been indicted on charges he accessed GOP vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin's Yahoo email account without permission.
 

European hackers charged with DDoS attacks in the U.S.

Angela Moscaritolo October 07, 2008

Two European men have been charged with hacking U.S. retail websites and causing more than $400,000 in damage through a series of distributed denial-of-service attacks in 2003.
 

Researcher finds server with stolen FTP credentials

Dan Kaplan October 03, 2008

Researchers have tracked down a criminal server that contains the keys to tens of thousands of legitimate websites.
 

Latest Retail Opinion

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Collaborating against e-crime

Michael Barrett, CISO, PayPal September 01, 2008

E-commerce is not only attracting online consumers, it's increasingly attracting cybercriminals.
 
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The emergence of crimeware as a service

Ryan Sherstobitoff, chief corporate evangelist, Panda Security USA July 08, 2008

A major risk to security is the emergence of server-side polymorphism or "Crimeware as a Service", in which a polymorphic malware engine does not reside within the virus code itself, but rather remotely on a server.
 
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Anatomy of a data breach: Security from the inside out

Prat Moghe, founder and CTO, Tizor Systems June 27, 2008

When it comes to database breaches, the real issue is lack of real-time insight into what is actually happening to the data.
 
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What HIPAA can learn from PCI

John Carmichael, senior security trainer, Security Innovation June 18, 2008

HIPAA in its current form fails to adequately protect patient data. There is a lack of oversight, guidance and enforcement.
 

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The Breach Blog

You weren't the only one who thought significant data breaches seem to be happening every day. We did too. SC Magazine presents The Breach Blog, a chronicle of the latest data breaches to appear on front pages, TV screens and news websites across the country. If a significant amount of personal information is reported stolen, lost or hacked, readers can get the raw facts here -- and discuss them -- at The Breach Blog.



The News Team Blog

IT security never sleeps. The threats and products that were cutting edge just a few months ago are now yesterday's news. See what the reporters covering IT security have to say about this exciting industry in the SC Magazine News Team Blog.

 
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