Security News

Credit Card Scrapers Continue to Target Magento (Threatpost)
2017-03-13 18:52

Researchers said last week they came across a malicious function that was snuck into a module in Magento in order to steal credit card information.

Giant credit card hack hits Arbys because nothing is sacred anymore (Yahoo Security)
2017-02-09 19:22

InterContinental Hotels Confirms Credit Card Breach (Threatpost)
2017-02-06 19:46

InterContinental Hotels Group confirmed and released addition details pertaining to a breach that targeted payment card systems used in 12 of its hotels.

Identity theft, credit card fraud cost US consumers $16 billion in 2016 (ZDNet)
2017-02-01 21:20

Marketing company leaks 17,000 recorded phone calls, many with credit card numbers (The Register)
2017-01-30 05:20

Netflix Phishing Campaign Targeted User Information, Credit Card Data (Threatpost)
2017-01-10 18:27

Researchers recently identified a phishing campaign set up to lure unsuspecting Netflix users into giving up their credentials and credit card data.

Guessing Credit Card Security Details (Schneier on Security)
2016-12-05 12:25

Researchers have found that they can guess various credit-card-number security details by spreading their guesses around multiple websites so as not to trigger any alarms. From a news article:...

Online credit card fraud up 20% Black Friday to Cyber Monday (Help Net Security)
2016-12-02 12:45

Iovation released new data that shows card-not-present fraud increased significantly from Black Friday to Cyber Monday 2016 when compared to the same period in past years. Research shows a 20...

Crims cram credit card details into product shots on e-shops (The Register)
2016-10-19 04:06

Attackers Hiding Stolen Credit Card Numbers in Images (Threatpost)
2016-10-18 20:14

Researchers say attackers are embedding malicious code in poorly configured Magento sites that hides stolen payment card data in images.