Financial institutions carry out many automated (no human intervention)
secure transactions over the internet everyday. The programs that
carry out these transactions must therefore sometimes "know" certain
pieces of sensitive information (e.g. passwords). What techniques
are used to protect this sensitive information from "prying eyes"?
Is there a good reference to read on ways to handle the problem of
bulletproofing such sensitive automation code?
Re: Automating secure transactions ... > secure transactions over the internet everyday. ... > pieces of sensitive information. ... > bulletproofing such sensitive automation code?... Start by learning the basics of security... ... (comp.security.misc)
Re: OT: phishing ... social engineering, characterised by attempts to fraudulently acquire sensitive information, such as passwords and credit card details, by masquerading as a trustworthy person or business in an apparently official electronic communication, such as an email or an instant message. ... The term phishing arises from the use of increasingly sophisticated lures to "fish" for users' financial information and passwords.... (alt.security.alarms)
Password storage facility exe - how safe is this idea? ... Just because I just can't remember all those passwords for every site ... to the salt-hashed equivalent which is stored in a database (probably ... Once the user has logged in, the sensitive information is decrypted ... they can't just change the pass-phrase in there and use the ... (microsoft.public.dotnet.security)
Insecure storage of passwords in Axalto Protiva ... Insecure storage of passwords in Axalto Protiva... A vulnerability has been identified in Axalto Protiva, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain knowledge and manipulate sensitive information.... (Bugtraq)
Re: internet passwords ... In IE go to Tools/Internet Options, on the Content tab click AutoComplete. ... Clear forms and passwords from the new window that opened. ...sensitive information.... > my aol and bank account user names and passwords are saved ... (microsoft.public.security)
