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VISA Alerts to Cyber Attacks on Gas Pump PoS Systems

January 6, 2020

VISA has issued an alert that the point-of-sale (POS) systems of North American fuel dispenser merchants are under an increased threat of being targeted by cybercrime groups that have ties to top tier cybercrime underground carding shops.

Study: Credit Card Industry Has Ignored Security Innovations

December 13, 2019

A new study conducted for the Secure Payments Partnership coalition shows that the U.S. credit card industry has failed to establish adequate security standards and that a neutral third party should be put in charge.

U.K. Bank Tests Key Fob That Uses Fingerprint to Make Payments

December 4, 2019

U.K. bank NatWest is testing a payment fob that uses biometric fingerprint technology.

Supermarket Company Hy-Vee Suffers Data Breach

August 30, 2019

Hy-Vee, a chain of more than 245 supermarkets located throughout the Midwestern United States, is conducting an investigation into a data breach incident involving payment processing systems that is focused on transactions at some Hy-Vee fuel pumps, drive-thru coffee shops and restaurants.

Capital One Breach: How It Could Have Been Prevented

Five tips to ensure security in the cloud.

Nati Hazut

August 30, 2019

Capital One, the second largest auto finance company in the United States, operates a Responsible Disclosure Program where researchers can disclose potential vulnerabilities via email.

How Americans View the EMV Update

December 4, 2016

Despite news coverage and social media frustration focusing on perceived shortcomings of credit cards with EMV chip technology, nearly 4 in 5 Americans view chip cards positively.

Payment Card Security and the Arrival of EMV

The risk of payment card fraud is real, driven by the momentum of eCommerce and its cashless consumerism, reliant on payment cards to perform so many transactions. However, the incidence of payment card fraud is expected to change.

Jim Romeo

November 1, 2016

In 2009 a hacker embedded malware on the point-of-sale (PoS) equipment at a Seattle eatery known as the Broadway Grill.

Debit Begins Its Shift to More Secure Types of Transactions

August 9, 2016

The 2016 Debit Issuer Study, commissioned by PULSE, takes stock of the debit industry’s shift to chip (EMV) cards and mobile payments.

Diving Deeper into Multi-Factor Authentication with PCI DSS 3.2

Nick Owen

June 28, 2016

It’s hard to believe that over a decade has passed since PCI DSS (Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard) was first introduced in 2004 as the information security standard for organizations that store, process or transmit cardholder data. Although it’s become a mature industry standard, two problems remain.

After the EMV Bubble Burst, 3 Problems Persist

Seth Ruden Sr.

February 9, 2016

So, here we are, living in the “future”… many of us now finally have chip cards; the G20 nations are all in the post “liability-shift” world; we’re all expecting to be living in the new paradigm.