Posted in Credit Cards, Security, Transit on Jun 30th, 2009
Saw this sign in the Baltimore airport last week: “Self-Service Check-In: You Will Need a Major Credit Card” and then in small print: “For Identification Only” Yes, apparently American Airlines will only give boarding passes to individuals who have been thoroughly vetted according to the strict standards of American Express, Mastercard, or VISA (and perhaps [...]
Posted in Security, Technology on Jun 29th, 2009
The illustrious John Strand has an update for us regarding Verizon’s demo EVDO system security. This summer John is launching his new SANS class, Security Architecture for Systems Administrators. Shortly after we posted the article about the openness of the Verizon EVDO demonstration terminals, we were contacted by Verizon. After discussing the issue at length [...]
Posted in Security, Technology on Jun 10th, 2009
John Strand is the author of this week’s article. John is the owner of Black Hills Information Security and a member of PaulDotCom Security Weekly. He is also a SANS Instructor and a regular presenter at various security conferences. Last week I was plucking around at my local Verizon Wireless store looking for a power [...]
