Cybersecurity

PCI Council Says Compliance Necessary For Secure B2B Payments
November 04, 2014

As companies get increasingly nervous about data security on B2B transactions, the PCI Council is offering some guidance about the need for merchants to better train employees and increase awareness about security protocols. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...

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Money 20/20, CARTES Roundup: Data Security, Mobile Payments Innovations And More
November 04, 2014

While there’s been an overflow of Apple Pay chatter in the industry, the 7,500-plus attendees at Money 20/20 in Las Vegas and 20,000-plus attendees at CARTES SECURE CONNECTIONS event in Paris showed there’s plenty of interest from industry CEOS about other payment options, security and mobile innovations. Get...

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Visa Contactless Security Hole
November 03, 2014

A “major flaw” has been discovered within Visa contactless cards, where thieves in the U.K. were to sidestep a £20 limit and charge as much as £999,999.99 as long as they chose the option to select a foreign currency, according to a report in The...

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Cyberthieves Target Rewards Points
November 03, 2014

Payments professionals invest a lot of time and money protect payment card data and shopper PII specifics, but thieves are now zeroing in on an apparent soft spot: rewards points, especially points that can easily be converted into cash. Get the Full Story Complete the...

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Bank Customer Liable For Thief Who Is A Good Guesser
November 03, 2014

One of the tenets of banking security rules today is that consumers must protect their PINs and passwords. If a customer, for example, posts his/her password on a publicly accessible social media site and fraud soon happens, the bank won’t cover the losses. But what...

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CurrentC And The Big Merchant Mess
November 03, 2014

Whoever said there’s no such thing as bad PR obviously wasn’t on the receiving end of the whooping that Rite Aid, CVS and CurrentC took last week over their decision to turn off support for Apple Pay in their stores. Get the Full Story Complete...

Why Retail POS Is Under Attack
November 03, 2014

Payments security is a problem today with many solutions – EMV, tokenization, P2P encryption, to name but a few. But while there seems to be no lack of effort and options for securing the motion of money at the point of sale, the industry seems...

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Credit Unions Say Home Depot Breach Hurt Them
November 03, 2014

The recent card breach at Home Depot has reportedly cost credit unions nationwide about $60 million. The largest retailer data theft in history (so far, Christmas is coming) has already been the subject of lawsuits from two Pennsylvania credit unions in federal court.  The suit...

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How The Cyberthieves Got In At Chase
November 03, 2014

Cyberthieves seeking payment card data have a tendency to sniff out a weak link, the softest way to enter a secure site. With Target, it found credentials to get in through a refrigeration, heating and air conditioning subcontractor. New word is that J.P. Morgan Chase’s attackers...