Security News

1-800-Flowers Becomes Latest Payment Breach Victim
2018-12-04 21:00

Details are so far scant in this latest in a string of data breaches.

Losses from online payment fraud to reach $48 billion annually
2018-11-23 05:30

A new study from Juniper Research has found that annual online payment fraud losses from eCommerce, airline ticketing, money transfer and banking services, will reach $48 billion by 2023; up from...

Vision Direct 'fesses up to hack that exposed customer names, payment cards
2018-11-19 14:10

Data including CVV numbers slurped up as customers submitted it to website Vision Direct has admitted customers' personal and financial data was leaked earlier this month after hackers compromised...

Magecart Spies Payment Cards From Retailer Vision Direct
2018-11-19 13:48

Card-Sniffing JavaScript Posed as Google Analytics Script on Retailer's SitesOnline contact lens retailer Vision Direct says it suffered a data breach that exposed customers' names and complete...

What senior finance executives think about payments security
2018-11-16 05:30

A WEX survey of more than 1,000 CFOs and senior financial executives from the U.S., Europe and Asia/Oceana revealed that for this group, security is paramount in payments solutions or platforms....

Magecart Cybercrime Groups Harvest Payment Card Data
2018-11-13 16:03

Card-Scraping Code Has Infiltrated Over 100,000 E-Commerce SitesOver the past year, there's been a surge in so-called Magecart attacks, which involve payment card data being stolen from e-commerce...

Magecart Cybercrime Groups Mass Harvest Payment Card Data
2018-11-13 11:33

Card-Scraping Code Has Infiltrated Over 100,000 E-Commerce SitesOver the past year, there's been a surge in so-called Magecart attacks, involving payment card data being stolen from e-commerce...

ThreatQuotient integrates verified breach intelligence from Visa to strengthen payment data defenses
2018-11-06 03:00

ThreatQuotient is integrating verified breach intelligence from Visa to enable customers to detect and protect against cyber attacks targeting payment data. The integration of the ThreatQ threat...

British Airways Finds Hackers Stole More Payment Card Data
2018-10-26 11:48

Investigators Now Count 565,000 Data Breach VictimsBritish Airways has discovered that hackers compromised payment card data and personal details for 185,000 more customers than it had originally...

Payment skimmers sneaking on to websites via third party code
2018-10-12 11:40

Whatever Magecart is, it’s been blamed for several high-profile payment card breaches this summer.