Security News

PCI Council wants more robust security controls for payment devices (Help Net Security)
2016-09-12 14:58

The PCI Council has updated its payment device standard to enable stronger protections for cardholder data, which includes the PIN and the cardholder data (on magnetic stripe or the chip of an EMV...

Eddie Bauer Confirms Payment Card Breach of US, Canadian Stores (Threatpost)
2016-08-22 15:56

Clothing store Eddie Bauer has become the latest retail store to acknowledge that malware has led to a breach of its point of sale systems.

Westin, Marriott, Sheraton Hotels Hit By Payment Card Malware (Threatpost)
2016-08-15 16:57

Twenty hotels belonging to HEI Hotels and Resorts have been implicated in a data breach that may have leaked payment data from tens of thousands point of sale purchases.