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Your passwords are the key to your online and banking security. The trade off between a password that is easy to remember and secure is one we all make, but more often that not people err too much on the side of simplicity. Simplicity is the enemy when it comes to passwords – Remember that there ARE people out there constantly trying to breach your online identity – to which your passwords are the door key.

Pleaserobme.com is a new website that keeps track of geo-tagging data posted on Foursquare and others, and notifies users of when particular users aren’t at home. Not at home = great time to rob a house (I’m told.)

In summary: If you use Internet Explorer, either a) change browsers ASAP to Firefox, Google Chrome or Safari, or if absolutely MUST use IE then b) apply the patch posted in this blog.

It turns out that a large percentage of recent fraud is being traced back to a single type of PIN pad: the Ingenico PX328. Here’s a piccy for you all…

It probably looks very familiar – that’s because its been around for a LONG time and lots of retailers use it. Last year there was a $5 million breach involving 20 or more McDonald’s in Western Australia. You can read about it here. That was in October, and if you were paying attention you’d have noticed that McDonalds now have bike chains on all there PIN pads.

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I’ve noticed a lot of people putting up quizzes on Facebook lately, I did one of my own as well (although I can’t seem to find it now…). I got to thinking the kind of information people put in a quiz…
What is the name of your childhood best friend?
Who is your favorite author?
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One of the hats I wear, in fact the one I wear most often, is as a security analyst for a company that specializes in credit card fraud prevention. As a part of my job I get to hear some pretty interesting stories around what goes on out there in baddy-land.

This recent Christmas has seen an unprecedented spike in skimming fraud, including several major retailers and shops being targeted by the baddies.

Here’s a few things that you might not know, but might like to know about credit card skimming.