- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- April 12th, 2016
Flaws in Worldpay's Merchant Portal Allow Attackers to Modify Payment Forms
Worldpay fixed both issues in a timely manner
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- February 13th, 2016
Researchers Say They've Created Hack-Proof RFID Chip
MIT and Texas Instruments scientists create a new, more secure, RFID chip for modern-day credit cards
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- December 9th, 2015
Four Major Airlines Don't Use HTTPS, Expose Customer Credit Card Numbers
16 companies in total disclose credit card information
- Data Breaches
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- November 21st, 2015
PoS Malware Hits Several Starwood Hotels
Hotel chain reports that 54 properties are affected
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- November 17th, 2015
Cherry Picker PoS Malware Goes Undetected for Four Years
The malware cleans up after itself to avoid being detected
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- October 20th, 2015
Home-Made Dual-Chip Credit Cards Used in Ingenious Fraud Scheme
X-Ray scans were needed to detect the forged credit cards
- Security Blog
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- October 10th, 2015
Company Behind the Wall Street Journal Hacked, Subscriber Details Exposed
Some credit card information may have also been stolen
- Advisories
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- October 9th, 2015
FBI Warns About the Dangers of EMV Credit Card Chips
All US banks will replace all magnetic strip cards with EMV chip-based cards by the end of October 2015
- Virus alerts
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- September 25th, 2015
Kasidet DDOSing Bot Adds Credit Card Scraping Capabilities
DDOS bot gets upgraded with PoS RAM scraping feature
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- August 27th, 2015
PayPal Fixes XSS Flaw That Allowed Access to Unencrypted Credit Card Details
White hat hacker earns himself $750 / €665
- Microsoft Services
- By Bogdan Popa
- May 24th, 2015
Microsoft Launches “Earn” Rewards Program in the United States
Pay with an enrolled credit card and earn credits
- Mobile World
- By Alexandra Arici
- May 14th, 2015
The Credit Card-Sized Light Phone Wants to Keep You “Disconnected”
The Light Phone is not your usual handset
- Security
- By Ionut Ilascu
- March 6th, 2015
Hackers Compromise PoS Systems of Mandarin Oriental Hotels in the US and Europe
Officials say malware could not be detected by any antivirus
- Security
- By Ionut Ilascu
- February 24th, 2015
Park ‘N Fly Exposed Payment Data for One Year
Company implements PayPal hosted payment solution
- Oddiverse
- By Laura Sinpetru
- January 20th, 2015
This Beggar Takes Credit Card Donations, Even Gives People a Receipt
The man, named Damien Preston-Booth, has been working as a professional beggar for about 5 years now
- Security
- By Ionut Ilascu
- January 14th, 2015
Banking Details Are Delivered in Minutes by Crooks in China
Buyers ask for banking info on social networks
- Incidents
- By Ionut Ilascu
- January 3rd, 2015
Card Data of About 9,000 Chick-fil-A Customers Is Compromised
Company investigates possible card breach