Poor security decisions expose payment terminals to mass fraud

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ITworld Today Dec 23, 2015 Poor security decisions expose payment terminals to mass fraud Many payment terminals in Germany - and in other countries too -- were designed without following best security principles, making them vulnerable to attacks that could result in mass fraud against both customers and merchants. Read More ▶ Your Must-Read Stories • FAA takes drone registration offline for maintenance ahead of surge in demand • NZ court rules that Kim Dotcom can be extradited to the US • LG promises WebOS smart TV update for CES • What we learned about 5G in 2015 • Google said to be working on messaging app that employs AI • Forget the gadgets, come to CES 2016 for the cars • Looking back on 2015, Microsoft's biggest year ever • What will be hot at CES 2016 - Four trends to watch • The Juniper VPN backdoor: buggy code with a dose of shady NSA crypto eBook: IBM eBook: Forward Looking Business Intelligence This eBook discusses how to drive BI deeper into an organization with easier to use descriptive analytics solutions and how to transform an organization from being reactive to being pro-active. Read More ▶ FAA takes drone registration offline for maintenance ahead of surge in demand The Federal Aviation Administration has temporarily suspended the registration of small drones during overnight hours, citing reports of site performance issues it received from a few users. Read More ▶ NZ court rules that Kim Dotcom can be extradited to the US A district court in New Zealand has ruled that Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom can be extradited to the U.S. to face copyright infringement and other charges. Read More ▶ LG promises WebOS smart TV update for CES LG says it will introduce a new version of its webOS smart TV software along with new televisions at January's CES in Las Vegas. Read More ▶ What we learned about 5G in 2015 The much-anticipated 5G mobile standard won't be finished until 2020, but the people who'll make it happen were busy throughout 2015 trying to define it. Read More ▶ Google said to be working on messaging app that employs AI Google is working on a new messaging app that will employ artificial intelligence to bring some of the company's data smarts to a chat bot service in the software, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal. Read More ▶ Forget the gadgets, come to CES 2016 for the cars Cars look certain to be one of the stars of January's CES show in Las Vegas -- testament to the advanced technology work being done by the auto industry today and a lackluster electronics sector that is still searching for the next big thing. Read More ▶ Looking back on 2015, Microsoft's biggest year ever Looking back on 2015, it's in the running to be one of Microsoft's biggest on record. The company made several major product announcements, and making a number of big bets on its future. Read More ▶ Video What will be hot at CES 2016 - Four trends to watch Drones and robots are just a slice of what will be hot at CES 2016. Find out what else might catch your eye in Vegas in our CES 2016 preview. Watch Now ▶ The Juniper VPN backdoor: buggy code with a dose of shady NSA crypto Juniper was using a known flawed random number generator as the foundation for cryptographic operations in NetScreen's ScreenOS and the safeguards it put in place were ineffective. Read More ▶ White Paper: IBM Next-Generation Predictive Analytics: Using Forward-looking Insights to Gain a Competitive Advantage Read this research paper from Ventana to learn how business analytics is consistently the most significant technology trend in business today. Read More ▶

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