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Contactless card shipments break all records as consumers adopt new ways to pay

· Contactless technology was present on 23 percent of all payment cards shipped worldwide in 2012

· Contactless growth in Western Europe and Asia exceeded 100 percent

· More than 220 million contactless cards were delivered by Smart Payment Association (SPA) members in 2012

· SPA believes the harmonization of ISO, SEPA and EMVCo standards will ensure the global interoperability of new NFC contactless services for consumers.

: ZOE DAVIES, REALWIRE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH VIGILANCE; InfoSecurity; Posted On Wednesday, 24 April 2013 08:17

Premier League stars protect private phone calls from hacking gangs

PREMIER League stars are signing up to a service that protects their intimate mobile phone conversations from being intercepted by hackers. Celebrities are now more aware than ever of the threat from criminal hacking gangs, following the recent scandal at the News of the World. But it’s not just those in the public eye that are being snooped on… more than 4,000 people have been identified by police as possible victims of phone hacking at the now defunct Sunday tabloid.

: Joe Lumley; InfoSecurity; Posted On Tuesday, 23 April 2013 10:47

FireEye research reveals increasingly global nature of advanced cyber attacks

Next-Generation Threat Protection Company Publishes “Advanced Cyber Attack Landscape” Report; Finds 184 Countries Hosting Crimeware Servers; High Technology Companies Most Frequently Targeted; 89 percent of APT Attacks Leverage Chinese Attack Tools.

: Richard Scarlett; InfoSecurity; Posted On Tuesday, 23 April 2013 10:41

YouGov survey finds women are more likely to reveal security passwords than men

London: A YouGov survey, commissioned by an IT training company QA, has found that women are more likely than men to fail basic security protocols for keeping their password confidential in the workplace.