Security & Fraud

News
Hackers Targeting POS And Web Apps
April 23, 2014

According to a Verizon’s annual report on data breach investigations, hackers in 2013 were particularly invested in Web application attacks, cyber-espionage and point-of-sale intrusions.  Finance suffered the most at the hands of cyber-criminals and was the victim of 465 separate reported breach incidents. Get the Full...

Mobile Commerce
PayPal Rethinks NFC to Enhance Security
April 23, 2014

The company isn't planning on any initiatives anytime soon, however, the company president does believe that they are becoming less skeptic about NFC.

Merchant Innovation
Tribeca Film Festival Shows Off iBeacons to Display Offers
April 21, 2014

The annual film festival is taking advantage of one of the year's hottest tech trends by integrating iBeacon.

Breach Round Up
The Heartbleed Bug Effects More Than Just Software…
April 19, 2014

The Heartbleed bug remains the biggest story in online security this week as countless organizations nationwide tested to see if they were vulnerable or if they had been victimized. It also came out that Heartbleed not only compromises software but also effects networking hardware. In...

News
Michael’s Data Breach More Wide Ranging Than Initially Thought
April 18, 2014

Michael’s, the America’s largest chains of arts and crafts stores, announced Thursday that 2.6  million credit and debit cards used in its stores may have been effected by the breach.  They also announced their affiliate  Aaron Brothers was also attacked, which left an additional 400,000 cards...

Breach Round Up
Recent Breaches Appear To Be Hitting Home With Consumers
April 18, 2014

It’s one thing to note that a merchant’s payment-data system has been breached, but the reality of what that means really hits home when consumers start saying they’ve been affected. And new Pew Research Center survey data show a significant rise in the percentage of...

Mobile Commerce
Latest Samsung Fingerprint Scanner for Phone Hacked, PayPal Users May be at Risk
April 17, 2014

The new flaw can target PayPal mobile payments, in addition to compromising contacts, photos and other confidential data stored on the device.

Mobile Commerce
Texas Instruments will Incorporate iBeacon to Bluetooth Products
April 17, 2014

TI plans to bring iBeacons to the company's several microcontrollers alongside the BL6450Q controller designed for automotive applications.

Company Spotlight
MasterCard on Mobile Payments Security
April 17, 2014

“Why don’t we just leapfrog over EMV and go right to mobile?” That’s just one of the questions that MPD CEO Karen Webster posed to MasterCard’s Chief Emerging Payments Officer Ed McLaughlin in Part Three of this Four Part Mobile Insiders Series. Don’t you want...