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ProCheckUp are experts in the field of IT Security and regularly contibute to the press in this area. Below is a selection of these items.
Check Point dismisses firewall vulnerability research
Check Point has dismissed claims of flaws in its firewalls.
Research from penetration testers ProCheckUp found a number of
vulnerabilities in the market leading Check Point firewall device
whic...Read More
16 November 2012 by Dan Raywood, SC Magazine
Dect phones revealed to be susceptible to sniffing attack
Failure to enable an encryption option in Digital Enhanced
Cordless Telecommunications (Dect) phones can allow an
attacker to overhear and record calls.
This was demonstrated to SC Magazin...Read More
13 September 2012 by Dan Raywood, SC Magazine
Verizon data breach report highlights continuing POS vulnerabilities
Poorly protected point-of-sale (POS) systems continue to provide
cybercriminals with an easy means of stealing information.
According to the
2012 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Repor...Read More
22 March 2012 by Ron Condon, Search Security
UK PCI compliance slow, but card fraud trends downward
Despite what could be considered painstakingly slow progress
toward compliance with the Payment Card Industry Data Security
Standard among UK organisations, recent statistics show it may be
worki...Read More
16 June 2011 by Ron Condon, Search Security
Preventing and detecting security vulnerabilities in Web applications
As Web applications become the regular locus of online business,
so too are they becoming the frequent targets of attackers.
Unfortunately, many Web applications are fraught with
vulnerabilities,...Read More
19 April 2011 by Richard Brain of ProCheckUp at Search Security
PCI compliance may be bitter pill to swallow, but it's for merchants' own good
12/02/2010 - The PCI DSS may be complex and even burdensome for
small and midsize organisations, but "complaining about it will not
get companies anywhere," reported IT security publication SC
Ma...Read More
12 December 2010 by Joseph Trigliari, Pivotal Payments
Number of victims of online fraud could be much higher than reported
Claims that ten per cent of the online UK population have been
victims of fraud could be under-estimated. Commenting on last
week's Online Fraud Barometer report by VeriSign Authentication,
Ric...Read More
15 November 2010 by Dan Raywood, SC Magazine
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