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May 28, 2014
How VeriFone Helps Merchants Beat the Fraudsters

Guess what. Fraudsters don’t discriminate: small and large merchants are equally at risk. But many small merchants don’t think so and are taking a “wait and see” approach to implementing...


May 23, 2014
Three U.S. States To Probe eBay Cyberattack In Response To...

It has been a long week at eBay. Connecticut, Florida and Illinois are initiating  joint probe over the circumstances that lead eBay to announce earlier this week that customers needed...


May 22, 2014
CyberSecurity Goes Collaborative

Retail leaders’ efforts to come together in the fight against cybercrime took a new turn recently with the formation of a sharing center to pool their knowledge. Their efforts were...


May 20, 2014
LifeLock Pulls mWallet Over Security Concerns

LifeLock has pulled its mobile wallet after concerns surfaced that certain aspects of the app may not be fully compliant with payment card industry (PCI) security standards. The online security...


May 19, 2014
Is the EMV Journey Worth the Price?

Several reports surfaced last week that reaffirmed what we’ve all suspected – rolling out EMV in the US is going to be a long slog that will optimistically take 5...


May 15, 2014
Malware Stays One Step Ahead of the POS Good Guys

If it is your job to prevent malware attacks against a point of sale system, it has undoubtedly been a long year. In breach after breach, cyber-criminals get into a...


May 13, 2014
The Straight Scoop on EMV, Tokenization and P2PE

Data security breaches have had heads spinning throughout the payments ecosystem as merchants sort through a variety of options designed to keep cardholder data safe. While it is now clear...


May 10, 2014
Social Media Latest To Feel Security Flaw Impact

Another week, another discovered security flaw. This week’s flaw, dubbed “Covert Redirect,” allows cyber-attackers to disguise themselves as log-in popups based on an affected site’s domain. Social media sites are...


May 02, 2014
FDC’s Bisignano: Security Dialogue Has Risen To C-Level

Something about level of importance, but it certainly helps get the discussion up the ladder. That appears to be the case with security, as the recent retailer breaches and the...


Authenticated Payments
Single Sign-On Bridges The Authentication Gap Customer authentication walks a tightrope between seamlessness and security, but single sign-on (SSO) systems can bridge this gap using a single password administered by third parties like Facebook or Google. In this month’s “Authenticated Payments Report,” a PYMNTS and LoginID collaboration, Clay McDaniel, CEO of Ripl, outlines how SSO solutions can safeguard the payments process while sparing users from managing countless usernames and passwords.