A new piece of custom malware sold on the underground Internet market is being used to siphon payment card data from point-of-sale (POS) systems, according to security researchers from antivirus vendor McAfee. Dubbed vSkimmer, the ...
Tags: vSkimmer, malware, Internet market
A new piece of custom malware sold on the underground Internet market is being used to siphon payment card data from point-of-sale (POS) systems, according to security researchers from antivirus vendor McAfee. Dubbed vSkimmer, the ...
Tags: Vskimmer Malware, Point-of-Sale Systems, Computer Products
A new piece of custom malware sold on the underground Internet market is being used to siphon payment card data from point-of-sale (POS) systems, according to security researchers from antivirus vendor McAfee. Dubbed vSkimmer, the ...
Tags: Vskimmer Malware, Point-of-Sale Systems, Computer Products
A new payment card aims to help children save and spend their pocket money on toys. Providing children with a contactless pre-paid VISA debit card, PKTMNY allows parents to add pocket money to the account, then set controls on where ...
Tags: children, toys, pocket money
The City of London and other police forces are routinely letting cyber criminals get away with their crimes - preferring to concentrate on the victims and potential victims instead - due to uncooperative police forces in jurisdictions ...
Tags: cyber criminals, Cyber Security, Cyber
Companies with IT security strategies that focus mostly on complying with key standards are dangerously unprepared for emerging cyber threats, said security experts at the RSA Conference 2013 here this week. Over the past few years, the ...
Companies with IT security strategies that focus mostly on complying with key standards are dangerously unprepared for emerging cyber threats, said security experts. Over the past few years, the security strategies of many companies and ...
Tags: IT security strategies, emerging cyber threats, security strategies
A PayPal alliance with Coinstar is being expanded to some parts of the U.S., allowing customers to deposit, withdraw and transfer funds to PayPal accounts through Coinstar kiosks. After a trial which started in 2011 in the Dallas ...
Tags: PayPal, Coinstar, Coinstar kiosks
PayPal will introduce a mobile chip-and-PIN version of its payments service in Europe, starting with a selection of U.K. businesses over the coming months. PayPal Here will fully launch in the U.K. this summer and will be available in ...
Tags: PayPal, payments service, chip-and-PIN
A 22-year-old Dutch man who sold credit card details online was sentenced on Friday to 12 years in a U.S. prison in a fraud case that prosecutors alleged caused more than $63 million in damages, according to the Department of Justice. ...
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The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) found that Sony could have prevented being hacked in April 2011. Sony's April 2011 hack of its PlayStation platform saw the personal data of millions of customers put at risk. ...
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Sony has received a record £250,000 fine from the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) as punishment for the PlayStation Network (PSN) hack that took place in April 2011. The electronics firm says it "strongly disagrees" with the ...
Tags: Sony, Information Commissioner's Office, PlayStation Network
Electronics giant Sony has been fined by Britain's data watchdog for a breach that compromised the personal information of millions of customers using PlayStation video games consoles. The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) in the UK ...
Tags: Sony, cyberattack, Computer
CyberlinkASP, the leader in hosted virtual desktop and private cloud solutions, today announced that it has entered into a partnership with Animal Intelligence Software, Inc. to provide cloud based veterinary practice management software. ...
Despite the introduction of "chip-and-pin" security, payment card fraud across the European Union cost some €1.5bn (£1.2bn) in 2012, according to the latest figures from Europol. While chip-and-pin has helped to reduce card ...
Tags: payment card fraud, chip and pin, finance security, card fraud