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07-24-2019

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If Microsoft did not create such insecure software, anti-virus companies like MalwareBytes would not be in business.

It's an industry many of us in my circle of cybersecurity experts refer to as a "self-licking ice-cream cone" because all these companies just feed off the insecurity of the Window's (for the most part) operating system.

It's really a social and economic tragedy when you stop to think about it.

I just finished a GREAT book called "Lost in Math - How Beauty Leads Physics Astray" by Sabine Hossenfelder. In her transformational book, she describes the various biases, including cognitive bias" to which "following the herd" is a subset.

Computer security is so full of cognitive bias that if you really understood the industry, your stomach would turn, realizing how much corporate greed is the root cause of most of the IT insecurity we face in society.

There is yet no "antivirus software" for human greed and ignorance.

IMNSHO, everyone should read (or listen to), Sabine Hossenfelder's book, "Lost in Math".

Neo

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business::frauddetect::precharge

FraudDetect::preCharge(3pm)				User Contributed Perl Documentation			       FraudDetect::preCharge(3pm)

NAME

       Business::FraudDetect::preCharge - backend for Business::FraudDetect (part of Business::OnlinePayment)

SYNOPSIS

	use Business::OnlinePayment
	my $tx = new Business::OnlinePayment ( 'someGateway',
					       fraud_detect => 'preCharge',
					       maximum_fraud_score => 500,
					       preCharge_id => '1000000000000001',
					       preCharge_security1 => 'abcdef0123',
					       preCharge_security2 => '3210fedcba',
					      );
	$tx->content(
	   first_name => 'Larry Walton',
	   last_name => 'Sanders',
	   login => 'testdrive',
	   password => '',
	   action => 'Normal Authorization',
	   type => 'VISA',
	   state => 'MA',
	   zip => '02145',
	   country => 'US',
	   phone => '617 555 8900',
	   email => 'lws@sanders.com',
	   ip_address => '18.62.0.6',
	   card_number => '4111111111111111',
	   expiration => '0307',
	   amount => '25.00',
	   );
	$tx->submit();
	if ($tx->is_success()) {
	   # successful charge
	   my $score = $tx->fraud_score;
	   my $id = $tx->fraud_transaction_id;
	      #returns the preCharge transaction id
	} else {
	   # unsucessful
	   my $score = $tx->fraud_score;
	}

DESCRIPTION

       This module provides a driver for the preCharge Risk Management Solutions API Version 1.7 (16 Jan 2006).

       See Business::OnlinePayment and Business::FraudDetect for more information.

CONSTRUCTION

       Whe constructing the Business::OnlinePayment object, three risk management parameters must be included for the preCharge object to be
       properly constructed.

       o   precharge_id

	   This field is called "merchant_id" in the preCharge API manual

       o   precharge_security1

	   This field is called "security_1" in the preCharge API manual

       o   precharge_secuirty2

	   This field is called "security_2" in the preCharge API manual

METHODS

       This module provides no public methods.

AUTHORS

       Lawrence Statton <lawrence@cluon.com>

       Jason Hall <jayce@lug-nut.com>

DISCLAIMER

       THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
       MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

SEE ALSO

       http://420.am/business-onlinepayment

perl v5.12.4							    2011-07-21					       FraudDetect::preCharge(3pm)