<Shrug> Why should a company opt for good, usable secure design when it's going to delay them to market? After all, nothing truly horrible has happened to them yet, certainly not as horrible as their competitor getting a shoddy design out first?
Seriously, next you're going to tell me you expect developers to actually know and use libraries with well-vetted cryptography, rather than reinventing everything each time because the documentation is too long. On Dec 10, 2009, at 1:04 PM, The Security Community wrote: > The last time I rented a car (August, Enterprise) the ass-end of the > POS terminal I was served at presented me (the customer) with two USB > sockets. The counter people were in and out of the office constantly > and although there was video surveillance it wouldn't have been > difficult to plug a thumb drive in on the off chance autorun wasn't > disabled. > > Also, why on Earth do POS terminals have enough Internet/Web access to > upload files to anywhere? So the help can watch hulu between > customers? > > On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 11:57 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: >> On Thu, 10 Dec 2009 10:17:58 CST, RandallM said: >>> what is the types of processes to protect from RAM pilfering? I >>> have to >>> admit I never thought this one. >>> >>> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/12/09/ram_scraper_credit_card_theft/ >> >> "So-called RAM scrapers scour the random access memory of POS, or >> point-of-sale, terminals, where PINs and other credit card data >> must be stored >> in the clear so it can be processed. When valuable information >> passes through, >> it is uploaded to servers controlled by credit card thieves." >> >> So tell me - why is a POS terminal at all vulnerable to easy >> infection by >> malware? Let me restate it: >> >> 'POS Terminal' == 'network-connected cash register'. >> >> These need to be easily reprogrammed (by owner or miscreant), why, >> exactly? >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. >> https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec >> Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list. >> > > _______________________________________________ > Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. > https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec > Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list. Mike Collins [email protected] _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
