Security & Fraud

News
Final Offers EMV With Enhanced Mobile Features
October 10, 2014

A pet peeve of many consumers is having to deal with fraudulent charges on a debit or credit card and ultimately having to cancel the card and signing up for a new one. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...

Apple Pay Sneak Peek
October 10, 2014

A U.S. Patent application that Apple filed in late May was published Thursday (Oct. 9) and it provides some delightfully geeky peeks into what appears to be Apple Pay—or at least how Apple Pay was envisioned a few months before launch. Get the Full Story...

How Cyberthieves Were Able To Steal 500,000 Bank Credentials
October 10, 2014

More bad bank security news. It seems that a group of “Russian-speaking attackers” stole a wide range of bank security credentials using Qbot malware that was installed on some 500,000 bank PCs, according to a report in Bank Info Security, which cites a reported from...

Bitcoin
Bitcoin Tracker | Week 44
October 10, 2014

The big bitcoin crash of 2014. That was last weekend and this week. Economist David Evans wrote a piece that put it in context. After 6 years, Bitcoin transactions remain flat, flat, flat. No other payments innovation on the face of the earth would continue...

The Shocking Stat About Online Authentication
October 10, 2014

Even though online shopper authentication systems—including Verified by Visa and MasterCard SecureCode—have been around a long time, a newly-released survey suggests that only 57 percent of retailers are bothering to use them. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...

New Cyber Attacks On Euro ATMs
October 09, 2014

A new very sophisticated set of attacks on European ATMs—using malware that has now spread to U.S. ATMs—involves knowing the time of day when the ATM malware is expecting instructions. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...

Europe
Citigroup, HSBC Also Targeted In Chase Attack
October 09, 2014

The details are continuing to leak out from the massive Chase attack this summer, with the New York Times now reporting that a dozen other financial institution were attacked, including Fidelity Investments and E*Trade, which were “victimized in some way by the attacks.” Get the...

Pizza Hut Down On Apple Pay
October 08, 2014

Pizza Hut, who was the first retailer to truly push the capabilities of the iPhone app and has been a longtime massive support of Apple efforts, said some decidedly non-cheerleaderish comments on Monday (Oct. 6) during a tradeshow panel. Get the Full Story Complete the...

Mobile Commerce
Target Reboots Holiday Mobile Strategy
October 08, 2014

According to the National Retail Federation, merchants rely on the holiday season to generate 20 to 40 percent of their annual revenue, which means suffering the largest retail breach in history (at the time) four days before Christmas is the retail equivalent of a plague...