* Posts by s0nicfreak

2 publicly visible posts • joined 6 Oct 2019

Payment terminal malware steals $3.3m worth of credit card numbers – so far

s0nicfreak

Re: Small shops with I.T?

Cry me a river. It's part of the cost of doing business. If a business can't afford it then the business can not afford to operate.

Yes, the vendors should be providing what security they can. But there will always be new exploits. So security requires a combination of the vendors and the businesses doing what they can. If they have no knowledge and aren't big enough to need to hire someone for the job, they pay a contractor. The business doesn't get to just say it's someone else's responsibility because they don't want to pay. If they don't budget for this then they better budget for negligence lawsuits and losing their ability to processes cards entirely.

Buying a Chromebook? Don't forget to check that best-before date

s0nicfreak

Re: That's Chromebook right out of my buying list then

Not 6 years, but I've had repairs and services (such as hooking up new appliances) refused because my house is so old that it's not up to the current codes.

In IT, they recognize that in ~6 years it's going to be difficult/impossible to keep a device up to then-current safety/security standards. It's not random.