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Court strikes down Wyndham's challenge to FTC power
- We have covered this before
- Wyndham argued due proces and lack of case law - asked for dismissal
- Court said no dismissal, FTC has standing
- FTC is arguing that Wyndham made promises it did not keep
- Should be interesting to watch this go to court (or likely not)
- http://www.csoonline.com/article/2975915/data-breach/wyndham-vs-ftc-corporate-security-pros-need-to-lawyer-up-about-data-breach-protection-experts-say.html
Ashley Madison hauled into court by class-action suit
- Lots of thorny issues here, must separate out moral from legal
- Shines light on the continued bias for breach prevention
- Interesting Streisand effect here
- http://www.csoonline.com/article/2975755/data-breach/ashley-madison-hauled-to-court-in-class-action-suits-over-data-breach.html
Verizon launches Hum OBD port vehicle monitor and communication tool
- In light of the stunt-hacking against Chrysler/Jeep is Verizon tone deaf?
- ..or are they simply that confident in their security?
- There is no mention, by the way, of security of the device on the web site
- http://www.macnn.com/articles/15/08/26/service.not.reliant.on.verizons.network.uses.any.ios.or.android.phone.130118/
The move to EMV cards (chip & sign) in America is changing how fraud happens
- EMV cards cost a fortune to implement
- Solving a problem the finance industry did not have
- http://www.bankinfosecurity.com/interviews/emv-shift-preparing-for-fraud-migration-i-2850#

DtSR Episode 159 - NewsCast for Sept 7th 2015

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