Security News

Cybercriminals Infiltrating E-Mail Networks to Divert Large Customer Payments
2017-11-07 12:37

There's a new criminal tactic involving hacking an e-mail account of a company that handles high-value transactions and diverting payments. Here it is in real estate: The scam generally works like...

Payment Cards Stolen in Pizza Hut Website Hack
2017-10-16 05:31

Pizza Hut U.S. informed customers over the weekend that their payment card and contact information may have been compromised after cybercriminals breached its website. Emails sent out by the...

Hyatt Hotels Suffers International Payment Card Data Breach
2017-10-13 10:02

15-Week Malware Attack Stole Card Data From 41 Hotels Across 11 CountriesFor the second time in two years, Hyatt Hotels suffered a payment card data breach after attackers infected payment card...

Flaws in SmartVista Payment Platform Expose Sensitive Data
2017-10-12 08:54

Unpatched SQL injection vulnerabilities found by Rapid7 researchers in the SmartVista e-payments suite from Switzerland-based BPC Banking Technologies can expose sensitive information. read more

Amazon's Whole Foods Investigating Payment Card Breach
2017-09-29 05:46

Whole Foods Market, the supermarket chain acquired recently by Amazon for $13.7 billion, informed customers this week that it has launched an investigation after learning that some of its...

Payment security: What are the biggest challenges? (Help Net Security)
2017-08-31 13:28

With cybercrime on the increase, payment card security is increasingly a focus for companies and consumers alike. The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) is there to help...

Android Trojan Now Targets Non-Banking Apps that Require Card Payments (The Hackers News)
2017-08-18 00:56

The infamous mobile banking trojan that recently added ransomware features to steal sensitive data and lock user files at the same time has now been modified to steal credentials from Uber and...