Self-confessed ethical hacking outfit Team Elite has recently reported cross-site scripting (XSS) weaknesses in not one, but four different Visa websites. All of the vulnerabilities allowed attackers to prompt arbitrary JavaScript alerts. The XSS vulnerabilities were reported by a grey-hat hacker calling himself Met... |
27 May 2009
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A new report, released by an appointed panel of the non-partisan National Research Council, shows that the way in which America's scientific secrets are kept is no longer secure, now that the Soviet Union is gone and the term “enemies” can designate virtually anyone. Additionally, the report underlin... |
9 January 2009
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Visa seems to believe that there is still plenty of room for improvement when it comes to its mobile banking, so, by partnering up with Google's Android OS, it is hoping to make you feel even more secure using their mobile transactioning system. As a result, now all Android operated devices are to be functional ... |
16 December 2008
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Today in New York, Visa Inc. and Nokia have announced plans for an innovative payment method. Visa payment and payment related services like contactless and remote payments, money transfer, alerts and notifications, will become possible solely using Nokia's mobile phones. The service is expected to become availa... |
25 September 2008
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Following last week's report that MasterCard owners had been targeted by a phishing scheme attempting to steal their private financial details, it was only a matter of time until Visa's consumers joined the club. Security company Sophos today reports that a new phishing scam was detected, this time targetin... |
16 April 2008
09:23 GMT |
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TJX Companies Inc. and Visa Inc. have today announced a partnership in order to reimburse nearly $41 million, a huge amount of money, which is supposed to be received by the banks affected by the January data loss. Let me refresh your memory: back in January 2007, TJS made a shocking announcement; some attackers mana... |
4 December 2007
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Although cards (or plastic money, as they're sometimes called) have been around for quite a while, there are certain situations in which the user of such a payment method is not exactly eager to use it, due to several reasons (as for example, when they don't feel quite secure about the location where said t... |
28 September 2007
02:59 GMT |
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Cyber-crooks use all sorts of methods to steal one person's data or identity. They will go as far as pretending to be high-profile companies, in order to trick users. Now they pretend to be representatives of Visa and say that you have been enrolled in a program, then ask you for some data… of course, it's ... |
25 September 2007
08:17 GMT |
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A partnership of large proportions has been built to introduce the Visa mobile platform in Taiwan. Nokia has decided to cooperate with Visa International, as well as with Chunghwa Telecom, Chinatrust Commercial Bank (CTCB), for launching a landmark trial for the starters.The trial will be conducted over a period of s... |
20 September 2007
05:10 GMT |
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Consumer mobile payments and services will be tested in the near future by means of an extensive mobile pilot program from Visa USA. The results will help the company better understand the way in which people use their mobile phones and how that can be matched with payment services.The mobile pilot will take place in... |
28 June 2007
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Blizzard and First Bankcard have announced "World of WarCraft Rewards Visa." Blizzard calls it "The Card That Pays You To Play," and with good reason too because it will come with a free month of World of WarCraft subscription and 1% all purchases made will be converted to WoW game time, MegaGames says. More than th... |
7 May 2007
08:56 GMT |
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During the CTIA Wireless trade show, Kyocera Wireless has demonstrated a prototype handset and devices to showcase The VISA platform using NFC technology. Kyocera has teamed up with Visa in order to demonstrate how mobile payment through NFC technology works and mobile phones can be turned into a payment solution, re... |
4 April 2007
03:06 GMT |
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In a keynote, during the CTIA Wireless conference, Visa USA President and CEO Philip Coughlan detailed the steps that Visa is taking to advance mobile payments. According to him, mobile payment is currently at a critical moment in its development and it would take close collaboration between wireless and payment card... |
31 March 2007
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