Security News

Researcher Spots New Tricks in Web Payment Card Skimmers
2020-01-03 14:03

A researcher has found two new methods that payment card number thieves are using to try to stay under the radar. The attackers are sometimes referred to as Magecart, a name for a slew of groups that steal payment card numbers.

Landry's Discloses Payment Card Incident
2020-01-03 13:23

Houston, Texas-based dining, hospitality and gaming company Landry's revealed recently that it had discovered a piece of malware designed to steal payment card information on its systems. Following a payment card breach that hit the company's restaurants in 2015, Landry's started using a payment processing solution that relies on end-to-end encryption to protect sensitive information on point-of-sale terminals.

Landry's Restaurant Chain Suffers Payment Card Theft Via PoS Malware
2020-01-02 12:13

Landry's, a popular restaurant chain in the United States, has announced a malware attack on its point of sale systems that allowed cybercriminals to steal customers' payment card information. According to the breach notification published this week, the malware was designed to search for and likely steal sensitive customer credit card data, including credit card numbers, expiration dates, verification codes and, in some cases, cardholder names.

Over 50 Islands Restaurants Hit by Payment Card Breach
2019-12-23 12:32

California-based burger chain Island Restaurants recently informed customers that it had identified a piece of malware on the point-of-sale (PoS) systems used for payment card transactions at its...

Wawa Data Breach: Malware Stole Customer Payment Card Info
2019-12-20 15:55

Wawa said that payment-processing system malware had potentially affected all 850 of its locations.

Hackers Stole Customers' Payment Card Details From Over 700 Wawa Stores
2019-12-20 02:05

Have you stopped at any Wawa convenience store and used your payment card to buy gas or snacks in the last nine months? If yes, your credit and debit card details may have been stolen by...

The Lifecycle of Stolen Payment Data
2019-12-16 17:03

Fiserv's Christine El Eris on How Fraudsters Sit on and Sell Stolen Card DataEven in the post-EMV era, payment card data is very much thriving on the dark web. Why is data still so accessible to...

CPoC: New data security standard for contactless payments
2019-12-05 05:30

The PCI Security Standards Council (PCI SSC) published a new data security standard for solutions that enable merchants to accept contactless payments using a commercial off-the-shelf (COTS)...

Joker's Stash Advertises More Stolen Payment Card Data
2019-11-27 18:48

Carder Forum Listing Appears Tied to Breaches at Four Restaurant ChainsThe notorious Joker's Stash carder marketplace has a fresh listing for payment card data that appears to have been stolen...

Malware Found on Payment System Used by On The Border Restaurants
2019-11-27 12:28

Tex-Mex restaurant chain On The Border has informed customers this week that their payment card information may have been stolen by hackers. read more