Why Gamers Need 2-Step Verification
Online games ceased to be considered a not serious occupation long ago. Today not only students but also bankers, senior managers, and other adult solid people play computer games. For some, it has even become a rather profitable profession. Even if the game is played just for fun, it is still about large sums of money: to buy bonuses and gaming resources, upgrade items and characters. Besides, paid online games are growing in...
A Wrong Lesson on Information Security
Recently, the CNBC news website gave a quite controversial lesson on information security. The author of the article, indirectly related to the information security issue (it said about the confrontation between Apple and the FBI), decided to add a text box for the passwords strength check. Most likely, this form was included as a “salt” to attract more attention. The author of the publication didn’t aim to improve...
Protectimus Team at IT Spring Forum
Last week was very active for the Protectimus team. In addition to the participation in OWASP KNURE conference, we attended another event – IT Spring Forum held in Dnipropetrovsk. The participants of the IT Spring Forum discussed international trends in the development of the software industry, the Internet of things (IoT), the development of IT-solutions for the healthcare institutions, and modern tools for users’ data...
Protectimus Report at the OWASP KNURE Conf
Last Saturday Denis Shokotko, the Chief Innovation and R&D Officer at Protectimus, became one of the speakers at the second conference on WEB-security OWASP KNURE Students Chapter. Denis told about the main mechanisms of protection of web-applications and modern trends in two-factor authentication. His presentation touched on the smart identification and data signature functions. The listeners learned about the new generation of...
Video: A Card Skimmer Was Installed in 3 Seconds
Not so long ago we wrote about tricks the fraudsters use for credit card frauds or identity thefts (and then, of course, for stealing money). But it is one thing to read, and quite another – to see. Thanks to the video record, recently put on the Internet by the Miami police, we can estimate the high “professionalism” of the crooks installing a card skimmer on the POS terminal. The video was recorded in a store at...