Security & Fraud

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...

Why The USA Today Says CurrentC Is Like The Three Stooges
October 31, 2014

USA Today has weighed in on the Apple Pay MCX CurrentC issue and is not pulling any punches. MCX seems to be what would have happened had “the Three Stooges had been given the assignment of introducing a new and safer way for consumers to...

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Credit Unions, Retail Groups Finger-Pointing On Payment Security
October 31, 2014

A volley of accusatory news releases and letters to Congress between groups representing major retailers and credit unions has erupted, with each side accusing the other not doing enough to defend against cyber attacks and other payment card data threats. Get the Full Story Complete...

QVC Uses TouchID With Its Own App
October 31, 2014

E-tailer QVC announced Thursday (Oct. 30) that it will let shoppers use the TouchID fingerprint recognition capabilities on recent iPhone models to authenticate purchases in-app instead of passwords or PINs. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...

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How One Thief Used 12 Credit Cards To Make One Purchase
October 31, 2014

In the fight against payment card fraud, law enforcement has always argued that retail must work together with police. But one top police official this week grew frustrated with a large retail chain when a woman purchased a stack of iPads in-store and completed the...

Online Transacting Is Safer Than A Card Present World
October 30, 2014

Or at least it can be. That’s what Revathi Subramanian, SVP of Data Science at CA Technologies, told MPD CEO Karen Webster during an hour-long digital discussion on the state of online fraud around the world. Subramanian said that we have the data, the models...

With Apple Pay, Where Do HCE and Tokenization Stand?
October 30, 2014

This year has taken mobile payments to a whole new level, and NFC, tokenization and the cloud have become the talk of the town. But when it comes to enabling mobile payments, does Host Card Emulation (HCE) still have an important role to play? MPD...