Author: Asad Yaseen

In a rare move, the WordPress Security Team forced a plugin update to over one million sites to address a vulnerability in a popular WordPress plugin used for brute force protection. Background On October 21, the developers of Loginizer, a popular WordPress plugin that offers protection against brute force attacks, published a blog post about a recent update to their plugin that addresses a severe vulnerability. The vulnerability was discovered and disclosed by a vulnerability…

Five Tips to Secure Your Credit Card Data From This Recent Data Breach Users share their personal information with companies for multiple reasons. Whether they’re checking into a hotel room, using a credit card to make a purchase at their favorite food spot, or collecting rewards points at a local coffee shop, consumers give companies more access to data than they may realize. While this can help you build relationships with your favorite vendors, what…

  The PCI Security Standards Council (PCI SSC) recently announced the nomination period for the next PCI SSC Board of Advisors. The Board of Advisors represents PCI SSC Participating Organizations worldwide to ensure global industry involvement in the development of PCI Security Standards. As strategic partners, they bring industry, geographical and technical insight to PCI Council plans and projects. In this post, we talk with 2018 – 2020 PCI SSC Board of Advisor Member Stacy…

Leading university saves valuable resources and detects vulnerabilities faster with Tenable.io The University of Wollongong (UOW), ranked in the top 50 Universities in the Asia-Pacific region[1], has chosen Tenable®, Inc. as its Cyber Exposure solutions provider to prioritise and remediate cyber risk across its domestic campuses.  UOW, known for its multidisciplinary approach to research, is located on the East Coast of Australia. The University has approximately 2500 employees and educates over 35,000 students across multiple…

This year with COVID, the American worker is working differently –as well as shopping, being entertained, and living differently. Part of that difference very likely involves conducting meetings virtually, with video conference platforms such as Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Skype, GoTo Meeting, Blue Jeans, etc. With these changes, the question comes to mind: Are video conference platforms safe to use for your organization? The basic answer to the question is “yes”, however, there are several caveats…

PCI SSC’s Troy Leach and NCFTA’s Matt LaVigna share guidance and information on protecting against Account Testing Attacks.