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NFC Flaws in POS Devices and ATMs
It’s a series of vulnerabilities: Josep Rodriguez, a researcher and consultant at security firm IOActive, has spent the last year digging up and reporting vulnerabilities in the so-called near-field communications reader chips ...
Interesting Attack on the EMV Smartcard Payment Standard
It’s complicated, but it’s basically a man-in-the-middle attack that involves two smartphones. The first phone reads the actual smartcard, and then forwards the required information to a second phone. That second phone ...
Weekly Cyber Risk Roundup: Payment Card Breaches, Encryption Debate, and Breach Notification Laws
This past week saw the announcement of several new payment card breaches, including a point-of-sale breach at Applebee’s restaurants that affected 167 locations across 15 states. The malware, which was discovered on ...
Hyatt Hotels hit with credit card breach in 11 Countries
Hyatt Hotels Corporation is warning customers that hackers gained access to payment card information at 41 hotels managed by the company in 11 countries. This is the second credit card breach suffered ...
Sonic Drive-In Blames Credit Card Breach on Malware
Sonic Drive-In, a fast-food chain with more than 3,500 restaurants across 45 U.S. states, confirmed that credit card data might have been stolen from some of its locations as part of a ...
