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• 5 PCI Compliance gaps

  With the holiday shopping season coming up, and crooks lining up to take advantage of the stress and confusion, this is a good time for merchants to review their payment security procedures.

• IBM patents fraudster detection technology for websites, mobile apps

  IBM researchers have developed a technique that website operators, cloud service providers and mobile application developers could use to spot a fraudster who has stolen an account holder's credentials.

• Major SSL flaw found in iOS, OS X

  Apple has released a patch for iOS and says an OS X fix will be released 'very soon'

• Flashlight app vendor settles with FTC over privacy violations

  The maker of a popular flashlight app for Android phones has agreed to settle charges brought by the Federal Trade Commission that it left consumers in the dark about its data-sharing practices.

• Apple keeps patching Java on OS X Snow Leopard after proposed drop-dead date

  Apple on Tuesday patched Java for the aged OS X Snow Leopard and tweaked Safari to give users more control over what websites they let run the vulnerability plagued Oracle software.

• Are your smartphone apps selling you out?

  Apple's App Store, Google's Play store and other app stores are packed with apps that can compromise your security and privacy without you ever knowing anything bad happened. What's a mobile app user to do?

Whitepapers about application security

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  Key Considerations when adopting an SSL/TLS Strategy

  According to research by F5 Labs, more than 81% of all web page loads are now encrypted with SSL/TLS, which means that we are moving very quickly toward an Internet where nearly every piece of data in transit will be encrypted. However, the rise of SSL/TLS isn’t all good news. Attackers are increasingly hiding insidious attacks within encrypted traffic—which means that the security protocol itself has become a threat vector. Regaining visibility into that encrypted traffic is one of the most important steps you can take to protect your apps, your data, and your business Find out how today.

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