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PayPal hackers jailed in UK

In Networks - By Dan Kaplan, 26 January 2013 10:48 AM

US 'PayPal 14' case trudges along.

Price surge in stolen Aussie credit cards

In Web/client - By Darren Pauli, 2 October 2012 2:06 PM

Nicked MasterCards fetch a global premium.

Myki security scare 'offers nothing' to fraudsters

In Risk - By Darren Pauli, 8 August 2012 2:05 PM

Limited credit card number and expiry date not enough for fraud.

Need a debit card? Just check Twitter

In Web/client - By Darren Pauli, 3 July 2012 10:47 AM

Twitter account outs social medial fail.

Card brands dump Global Payments

In Hackers - By Dan Kaplan, 3 May 2012 10:58 AM

Visa asks company to re-validate to PCI standards.

Visa expels Global Payments after card breach

In Networks - By Dan Kaplan, 11 April 2012 7:48 AM

Cause remains shrouded in mystery.

Visa, Mastercard investigate massive credit breach

In Networks - By Dan Kaplan, 1 April 2012 6:48 PM

Could involve up to 10 million cards.

Feds arrest LulzSec leaders in international sting

In Hackers - By Darren Pauli, 7 March 2012 9:38 AM

LulzSec brought down amid allegations leader talked to feds.

Visa threatens banks over spammer accounts

In Risk - By Darren Pauli, 1 March 2012 6:00 AM

Delinquent banks scared, shutter spammer bank accounts.

US EMV deadline set for 2015

In Applications - By Dan Kaplan, 19 January 2012 11:10 AM

Non-compliant merchants bear fraud costs.

WikiLeaks suspends ops to raise cash

In Networks - By Liam Tung, 25 October 2011 9:22 AM

Promises mystery new secure submission facility.

Crippled Wikileaks has not gone far enough: Assange

In Networks - By Darren Pauli, 1 October 2011 5:27 PM

Governments will become transparent, or die.

40,000 small businesses at risk of fraud

In Networks - By Darren Pauli, 23 September 2011 2:16 PM

Visa, banks spearhead three-year security crackdown.

Payment industry calls for EMV-compliant ATMs

In Risk - By Liz Tay, 4 April 2011 2:16 PM

Fear of skimming to drive compliance.

ANZ trials iPhone swipe payment system

In Crypto - By Ry Crozier, 16 March 2011 2:27 PM

Teams with Visa.

The descent of the DDoS

In Hackers - By Angela Moscaritolo, 2 February 2011 12:25 PM

The December takedown of Visa and Mastercard's websites by Wikileaks supporters were well publicised but not unique.

Visa targets cross-border card fraud

In Risk - 7 January 2011 1:10 PM

Upgrades authorisation system.

WikiWars: blow by blow

In Hackers - 17 December 2010 12:05 AM

Assange out on bail; Aussie spies spooked by cyberwar; Google joins pariah cloud providers.

Anonymous attacks threaten to stall Christmas shopping

In Risk - By Barry Collins, 10 December 2010 10:08 AM

MasterCard, Visa and PayPal all hit by attacks from notorious hacking group.

Wikileaks cyberwar takes legal turn

In Hackers - By Nate Cochrane, 9 December 2010 10:13 AM

Credit card companies face law suits even as their own payment systems buckle.

Immigration rolls out Unisys biometrics to stop visa fraud

In Crypto - By Nate Cochrane, 1 December 2010 1:55 PM

International network to root out identity criminals captures face and finger signatures.

McDonalds contactless card rollout to lower skimming risk

In Risk - By Liz Tay, 9 November 2010 9:13 AM

EMV technology deployed in 816 more outlets.

Heartland pays another $5.4m for malware infection

In Risk - By Liam Tung, 3 September 2010 9:38 AM

Attacks on payments hub.

WatchGuard partners with Visa for card program

In Risk - By Negar Salek, 26 July 2010 11:57 AM

Reports its most successful quarter on record in Australia.

Biometric visa checks to cost $69 million

In Crypto - By Ry Crozier, 23 February 2010 4:14 PM

Targeted at terrorist hotspots.

Heartland in US$60m settlement with Visa issuers

In Risk - By Phil Muncaster, 11 January 2010 12:01 PM

Yet another payout after massive data breach.

'Verified by Visa' phishing scam detected

In Risk - By Dan Raywood, 20 November 2009 10:49 AM

Fake site more sophisticated than most phishing sites.

Visa to drop signatures on credit card purchases by 2013

In Risk - By Ben Grubb, 3 November 2009 10:17 AM

Current technology is too "easy" to skim.

Opinion: Take no chances with card security

In Risk - By Steven Willoughby, 2 October 2009 4:14 PM

Time has run out for businesses that handle credit card information.

Visa card doubles as two-factor authentication device

In Networks - By Phil Muncaster, 14 May 2009 11:20 AM

Consultancy firm Deloitte is involved in the testing of a new type of corporate credit card, which doubles as a two-factor authentication device for remote network access.

Federal Police swings into action on credit card leak

In Risk - By Brett Winterford, 23 March 2009 10:49 AM

Officers from the Australian Federal Police have swung into action to mitigate the fallout from the exposure of about 19,000 credit card numbers, as uncovered by an Australian ...

Aussie stumbles on 19,000 exposed credit card numbers

In Risk - By Ry Crozier, 20 March 2009 5:27 PM

A defunct payment gateway has exposed as many as 19,000 credit card numbers, including up to 60 Australian numbers.

Visa risk chief: Reports of PCI's death exaggerated

In Risk - By Dan Kaplan, 20 March 2009 11:55 AM

Visa's top risk official has defended payment industry security guidelines, but also called on organisations to invest in constant monitoring, information sharing and new ...

Heartland, RBS WorldPay no longer PCI compliant: Visa

In Risk - By Dan Kaplan, 16 March 2009 10:57 AM

Visa announced on Friday that it has removed Heartland Payment Systems and RBS WorldPay -- two payment processors that have announced massive data breaches in recent months -- ...

Visa claims payment processor breach is not new

In Risk - By Dan Kaplan, 3 March 2009 11:27 AM

In an effort to quiet speculation within the security community, Visa has issued a statement denying that a new payment processor breach has occurred.

Processor breach will not hit Heartland scale: analysts

In Risk - By Dan Raywood, 2 March 2009 2:58 PM

A recent processor breach that was reported by Visa will not reach the scale of the Heartland compromise, according to analysts.

Visa confirms another payment processor breach

In Risk - By Dan Kaplan, 24 February 2009 11:22 AM

Another payment processor has fallen victim to hackers, Visa confirmed yesterday, though it has yet to emerge which company has been hit.

Visa sets PCI compliance deadlines for rest of world

In Risk - By Dan Kaplan, 11 November 2008 10:03 AM

The largest merchants operating overseas will have less than two years to secure credit card transactions, Visa announced on Monday.

Visa: Most merchants in compliance with PCI security standard

In Risk - By Jim Carr, 25 January 2008 9:47 AM

More than three-quarters of large U.S. merchants, and nearly two-thirds of medium-sized retailers, are in compliance with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI ...

TJX agrees to US$41 million settlement with Visa

In Risk - By Frank Washkuch, 3 December 2007 10:14 AM

Embattled retailer TJX Companies - the parent of TJ Maxx, Marshalls and other well-known outlets - has agreed to a nearly US$41 million settlement with Visa.

Visa fines TJX credit card processor

In Risk - By Dan Kaplan, 30 October 2007 3:11 PM

Visa has doled out some US$880,000 in fines to a Cincinnati-based acquiring bank that retail chain TJX contracted with to process most of its credit card transactions.

UK Foreign Office shuts down visa service after security lapse

In Risk - By Fiona Raisbeck, 23 May 2007 10:25 AM

The Foreign and Commonwealth Office has closed its online visa application system after a security breach last week left thousands exposed to identity fraud.

Visa upgrades PCI merchant classifications

By Ericka Chickowski, 26 July 2006 12:01 AM

The security experts at Visa announced that the company is changing the criteria for merchants required to comply with Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standard.

MasterCard, Visa following U.K. breach

By Dan Kaplan, 28 April 2006 9:41 PM

MasterCard International said today it is responding to a "potential" security breach at a U.K.-based retailer – but would not confirm whether any of its cardholders were affected.

Visa and U.S. Chamber of Commerce launch security campaign

By Marcia Savage, 22 July 2005 7:11 PM

Visa USA and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce have launched a campaign to help educate merchants about data security.

Amex and Visa ditch CardSystems after data breach

By David Quainton, 20 July 2005 4:38 PM

CardSystems is finding out just how painful poor security is after major credit-card companies moved to cut ties with the data broker and payment processor.

Visa to combat card fraud

By Dan Ilett, 7 January 2004 2:41 PM

Visa is to step up the fight against crime by releasing a fraud detection tool to a variety of European banks.

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