Security News

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.

Republican donor site malware skimmed credit cards for six months (ZDNet)
2016-10-18 17:51