Security News

NIST security standard to protect credit cards, health information (Help Net Security)
2016-03-31 13:47

For many years, when you swiped your credit card, your number would be stored on the card reader, making encryption difficult to implement. Now, after nearly a decade of collaboration with...

Hidden Credit Card Skimmers (Schneier on Security)
2016-03-10 14:26

New credit card skimmers are hidden inside the card readers, making them impossible to spot....

UK, US users hit with credit card-themed spam spreading ransomware (Help Net Security)
2016-03-02 14:43

Symantec researchers have spotted an unusual ransomware delivery campaign hitting mostly UK and US users: fake emails apparently coming from Visa are urging recipients to “take advantage of even...