VISTA InfoSec

JANUARY 18, 2024

For instance, web servers, database servers, and DNS should each be implemented on their own separate servers. This includes, but is not limited to, default wireless encryption keys, passwords, and SNMP community strings. Requirement and Testing Procedures 2.2.1 a Choose a sample of system components.

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Exact Payments

JULY 1, 2024

Our software partners transmit merchant data to our APIs using Transport Layer Security (TLS) encryption. TLS encrypts data during transit and offers enhanced security features to combat man-in-the-middle (MiTM) attacks. This approach enhances security and complies with the best data encryption and key management practices.

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VISTA InfoSec

JANUARY 22, 2024

This is achieved through a multi-pronged approach: Data Encryption: Requirement 3 mandates the use of strong cryptographic controls such as encryption for stored cardholder data. Key Management: Requirement 3 also covers the secure management of cryptographic keys used for encryption of cardholder data. PCI DSS v4.0

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Segpay

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Blockchain technology offers a solution to these concerns, enabling age verification without collecting or storing sensitive data in a centralized database. How Blockchain-Based Age Verification Works After an initial identity check by a trusted authority, the user’s age is securely encrypted and stored on the blockchain.

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VISTA InfoSec

JULY 31, 2023

Protect Stored Cardholder Data: PCI DSS Requirement 3 reduces risks of storing sensitive data by using encryption, truncation, masking and hashing to protect cardholder data from hackers; thereby ensuring compliance with regulations. Hackers target data in transit, making it important to implement safeguards and encryption measures.

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Basis Theory

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Whether that is collecting credit card numbers to transmit with a payment gateway, placing details into a shared customer relationship management system, or storing card numbers in an encrypted database—all of this sensitive information must be protected according to the specifics of the PCI-DSS standard.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 1, 2019

An exposed database run by TrueDialog revealed millions of SMS text messages, according to published reports on Sunday (Dec. The exposed database, which contained years of sent and received text messages, wasn’t password protected or encrypted. Vistaprint spokesman Robert Crosland said customers in the U.S.,

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VISTA InfoSec

MAY 24, 2024

Implement security measures such as firewalls, encryption, and access controls to protect cardholder data. It refers to an IT security process and technology that tests and checks operating system (OS), database, and application software files to determine whether they have been tampered with or corrupted. of PCI DSS.

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PYMNTS

MAY 20, 2020

They provided a sample showing the type of information in the database. It includes the user’s name, email address, phone number, encrypted password, last four digits of their credit card, gender, age, home address and subscription information, such as frequency of deliveries.

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PYMNTS

MAY 19, 2020

The company said that a third party breached and used the phone number of a BlockFi staffer to get into a part of the company’s encrypted back-office system without permission. In other news, the government of Iran is aiming to limit digital currency exchanges with so-called “currency smuggling” regulations, CoinDesk reported.

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Nanonets

JUNE 13, 2023

Dropbox is also recognized for its security features, employing encryption methods to protect data. This data can be funneled into a database or a spreadsheet, allowing HR teams to easily filter and sort applicants based on different criteria. Contract Management: Legal teams deal with a multitude of contracts. thanks @nanonets.

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Fintech News

APRIL 22, 2024

For signature-based detection, SecIron includes a large database of known malware signatures which ensures that SecIron can protect users from even the latest malware threats. So, when a mobile app is downloaded or launched, SecIron is able to compare the app’s signature to the signatures in its database.

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Fintech Review

AUGUST 7, 2024

The utilization of advanced encryption technologies and digital signatures ensures the authenticity, integrity, and non-repudiation of the electronic documents. Furthermore, as electronic documents can be stored in a secure, centralized database, retrieving and sharing information becomes significantly more accessible.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 19, 2019

“The naïve way to do this would be to take two sensitive data sets, dump them into a single database and do the join and the sum, but then you’ve got everything together and at risk of a data breach.”. This helped with either adding or removing layers of encryption without affecting the computations.

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Stax

AUGUST 20, 2024

This means implementing two-factor authentication, encryption, and tokenization measures to ensure that all customer data is securely stored and processed. What Role Do Encryption and Tokenization Play in 3D secure? Encryption and tokenization are two key components of 3D secure that help ensure customer data remains protected.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 17, 2017

So far, only information from the company’s user account database was leaked, which included details like email addresses, usernames and encrypted passwords for accounts that were created between 2008 and November of 2013. Currently, the company said it has found no evidence that there were any unauthorized logins or wrongdoing.

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Nanonets

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Data matching: Key details—such as balances, transactions, and account holder information—are compared with internal records or third-party databases. Third-party integration: Connect to government databases and services like Plaid and Yodlee (US and Europe) to confirm reported incomes.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 4, 2019

4) that the total number of guest records involved in a Starwood database security incident was less than initially disclosed. ” However, the company said, “there is no evidence that the unauthorized third party accessed the master encryption key needed to decrypt the encrypted passport numbers.”

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PYMNTS

MARCH 5, 2019

During that time, unauthorized parties had been able to copy and encrypt information that resided in the Starwood database, including around 25.55 million encrypted payment cards were also taken in the attack. An investigation then revealed that the unauthorized access had been happening since 2014. million passport numbers, 5.25

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PYMNTS

MAY 19, 2020

The Security Service of Ukraine is reportedly holding a hacker for allegedly selling a database with 773 million email addresses and 21 million unique passwords, CoinDesk reported. The agency claims that it seized phones, computer equipment and cash, with the inclusion of U.S. dollars and Ukrainian hryvnias.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

30) that as many as 500 million guests’ data was accessed, tied to a breach of the Starwood hotel guest reservation database. The company also stated that credit card data may have been compromised even though it had been encrypted.

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Nanonets

JULY 10, 2024

An example of key-value pair extraction KVPs are the building blocks of many data structures and databases. Before the accuracy of deep learning meets the needs of the markets for such tasks, OCRs are performed with the following procedure: Database creation : First, we build a vast library of known characters and symbols.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

American Express might have a database problem, Wells Fargo faces more regulatory issues and Louis Vuitton is beefing up its international commerce efforts. American Express India Database Accessible t o Anyone i n October. The database was mostly encrypted, but certain data sets might have included readable data.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 25, 2019

All user passwords were reset at web hosting company Hostinger after it discovered a customer database was hacked, reports said on Sunday (Aug. The breach included the company’s API database with about 14 million customer usernames, email addresses and passwords out of a possible 29 million customers. .

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PYMNTS

JULY 24, 2019

Security researchers Noam Rotem and Ran Locar discovered the database and reported their findings to TechCrunch. The company then pulled the database offline. None of the information on the database, which held 86 million lines of daily updating records of the lending platform, was encrypted.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 1, 2018

Amazon Web Services has announced the launch of Amazon Neptune , a fast and fully managed graph database. The days of modern technology companies using relational databases for all of their workloads have come and gone,” said Raju Gulabani, vice president of databases, analytics and machine learning at Amazon Web Services. “The

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PYMNTS

JUNE 6, 2019

The server in question was operating a database that was used to log company events for its StreamOne Cloud service. The only part of the data that was encrypted were credit card numbers. The database was very large, and the researchers also found private keys and some passwords.

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PYMNTS

JULY 10, 2019

Last year the hotel company revealed that guests’ data was accessed, tied to a breach of the Starwood hotel guest reservation database. The company also stated that credit card data may have been compromised even though it had been encrypted. We deeply regret this incident happened.

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Core

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Kiosk payments mitigate these risks by managing payments electronically with built-in encryption, secure data storage, and authentication measures. Consistency across databases: Kiosk payment systems should maintain data consistency to prevent record-keeping discrepancies, ensuring accuracy in all government record databases.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 31, 2018

For example, Marriott , Facebook and a database marketing firm by the name of Exactis exposed the records of roughly 300 million people. Verification of that data cache found it to contain contact information, usernames and encrypted passwords — though it did not seem to contain any credit card or health and fitness data. “We

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Clearly Payments

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Every time a card is swiped or a digital wallet is used, the processor records the transaction and updates the loyalty program database. Security and Fraud Prevention : Payment processors ensure that loyalty programs remain secure by encrypting transaction data and preventing unauthorized access to customer information.

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 18, 2018

The series includes: The Future of Data Security Market Map : we used the CB Insights database to identify 30+ startups enhancing enterprise data security across 8 categories, including homomorphic encryption, data access management, and more.

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PYMNTS

MAY 21, 2018

TeenSafe assures parents that the app “employs industry-leading SSL and vormetric data encryption to secure your child’s data. Your child’s data is encrypted — and remains encrypted — until delivered to you, the parent.”. Both of the servers were pulled offline after ZDNet alerted the company. “We

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PYMNTS

JUNE 15, 2018

“We’ve invented a way to take data, whether it’s from a transactional database or a file system. ALTR, said Sikora, can take the Social Security number out of the database. What we leave in the database is the reference pointer to the first piece of information that lives in the chain,” he told Webster.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 26, 2018

Blockchain technology is superior to the current centralized, cloud-based databases for recording digital asset transfer and access by third parties,” the company stated. Unlike centralized databases, a blockchain solution is permanent, immutable, trust-free and perpetually accessible, thus providing risk mitigation.”.

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VISTA InfoSec

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Use database safeguards (parameterized queries) to stop injections. Insecure Cryptographic Storage: - Protect encryption keys and sensitive data they can access. - Use strong encryption, prevent flawed implementations. Insecure Cryptographic Storage: - Protect encryption keys and sensitive data they can access. -

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 10, 2017

Bluefin Payment Systems, the provider of PCI-validated point-to-point encryption (P2PE) solutions for retail, health care and higher education, announced Tuesday (Jan. Keyed, swiped, and EMV data from point-of-sale systems is protected via PCI-validated controls and encryption, the company said.

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