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Credit card fraud: '57c for every $1k'

In Hackers - By Ry Crozier, 19 May 2011 10:57 PM

Australian Institute of Criminology finds fraud up 55 percent.

Sony to appoint PlayStation security chief

In Risk - By Liam Tung, 2 May 2011 10:25 AM

Sony has created a chief information security officer role to oversee its PlayStation Network which was breached in a high-profile cyber attack last month.

Sony: PSN credit card details were encrypted

In Risk - By Liam Tung, 29 April 2011 12:05 PM

Passwords still a gold mine, says former black hat.

Cyber gypsies on the lam in Thailand with 5000 stolen cards

In Crypto - By Dan Raywood, 16 March 2011 2:52 PM

ATM credit card scam targeting elderly and wealthy spanned the world.

Italians break chip-and-PIN

In Crypto - By Danny Bradbury, 15 March 2011 10:03 AM

Enhanced credit cards not as secure as was thought.

Consumer awareness drives fall in online bank fraud

In Hackers - By Stewart Mitchell, 10 March 2011 9:48 AM

Bank and credit-card fraud rates tumble as end users get the message on security.

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.

US to prosecute Moscow card trader

In Hackers - By Liam Tung, 13 August 2010 9:41 AM

Russian cyber offensive.

Adelaide hacker pleads guilty to infecting 3000 PCs

In Hackers - 26 July 2010 4:44 PM

Bank accounts on up to 74,000 PCs could have been compromised: prosecutors.

Symantec warns of PDF update phishing scam

In Applications - 12 July 2010 11:17 AM

Emails seeking to harvest credit card details.

Police bust massive global credit card fraud ring

In Hackers - By Angela Moscaritolo, 17 June 2010 10:26 AM

178 individuals arrested including two Australians.

Sophos business continues as usual after buyout

In Cloud - By Negar Salek, 5 May 2010 12:04 PM

Exciting things to come for partners, says Sophos.

Hacker accomplice gets five years prison

In Hackers - By Phil Muncaster, 19 April 2010 9:32 AM

Sold credit card data, aided hacking.

Exposed: WA Govt IT security bungles

In Networks - By Ry Crozier, 26 March 2010 9:32 AM

Laundry list of flaws and stuff-ups.

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.

Most dangerous Christmas yet for data loss

In Risk - By Dan Raywood, 7 December 2009 11:15 AM

Fraudsters get ready for silly season.

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.

TJX ringleader pleads guilty

In Hackers - By Chuck Miller, 15 September 2009 12:00 PM

One of the leaders of an international ring of credit card thieves on Friday pleaded guilty to multiple federal charges, including conspiracy, computer fraud, access device ...

Purported malicious CD-ROMs actually part of pen test

In Applications - By Angela Moscaritolo, 1 September 2009 11:39 AM

A package sent to a US credit union last week containing supposedly malicious CD-ROMs prompted a fraud alert from the US National Credit Union Administration, but it was ...

Hackers to plead guilty to TJX hacking

In Hackers - By Iain Thomson, 31 August 2009 10:38 AM

Faces up to 25 years in jail, with one trial to go.

Radisson reveals details of data hack

In Risk - By Iain Thomson, 21 August 2009 6:35 AM

Credit card details compromised?

Aussie charged over malicious code injections

In Hackers - 14 August 2009 9:53 AM

Virus targeted bank details and credit card numbers.

One in seven Aussies are card fraud victims

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

Chip technology expected to lower fraud rates over time.

Network Solutions suffers crippling data breach

In Risk - By Phil Muncaster, 28 July 2009 9:52 AM

570,000 credit card holders could be affected.

Scam email hits the Australian Federal Police

In Messaging - By Lilia Guan, 3 July 2009 1:39 PM

No organisation is sacred in the eyes of online scammers.

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.

Heartland again PCI compliant

In Risk - By Dan Kaplan, 4 May 2009 11:34 AM

Breached payment card processor Heartland Payment Systems has been again certified compliant with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS), the company announced.

Pharmacy hackers busted in Romania

In Hackers - By Dan Kaplan, 15 April 2009 11:16 AM

Romanian authorities, in cooperation with the FBI, have nabbed five people accused of stealing credit card information from US pharmaceutical firms.

Web Hosting Talk payment system hack revealed

In Risk - By Ry Crozier, 13 April 2009 5:51 PM

A hacker has dumped active credit card numbers of users of the popular Web Hosting Talk forums online less than 24 hours after the site restored the lion’s share of data ...

A third of cardholders fail to spot fraudulent transactions in their accounts

In Risk - 1 April 2009 10:45 AM

Over £10 billion (A$20.7bn) was lost in the last year as a result of payment fraud, according to a UK study.

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.

Heartland boss calls for industry collaboration

In Risk - By Dan Raywood, 28 January 2009 11:13 AM

The head of Heartland Payment Systems has called for industry collaboration to combat cybercrime attacks.

More than 100 million credit cards may have been compromised in data breach

In Risk - By Dan Raywood, 22 January 2009 11:04 AM

With potentially over 100 million cards being compromised, a data breach incident in the US could be the largest ever recorded.

Credit crunch forcing software engineers into crime

In Hackers - By Phil Muncaster, 8 December 2008 10:42 AM

The Devil makes work for idle hands, according to Kaspersky Lab.

Cybercriminals gearing up for Cyber Monday

In Risk - By Angela Moscaritolo, 27 November 2008 10:24 AM

Security experts are warning of socially engineered threats targeting users this holiday season.

PCI to assess the assessors

In Risk - By Phil Muncaster, 19 November 2008 9:23 AM

The Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council (PCI SSC) has announced a new programme designed to improve consistency.

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.

Credit crunch means fewer security professionals and growing risks

In Risk - By Derek Parkinson, 29 October 2008 10:20 AM

The gap between security risks and our ability to tackle them is set to rise.

Credit crunch to force revamp of legacy systems

In Applications - By Derek Parkinson, 28 October 2008 10:10 AM

With IT budgets being squeezed many companies will be forced to think about improving the security of their legacy systems, Benjamin Jun, told at the RSA Conference Europe 2008.

FBI sting busts 56 for buying, selling stolen credit card data

In Hackers - By Dan Kaplan, 17 October 2008 9:53 AM

Fifty-six people have been arrested in connection with an undercover FBI operation that posed as an online forum for trading stolen credit card numbers.

PC holding bank data sold on ebay

In Risk - By Rosalie Marshall, 27 August 2008 8:41 AM

A computer holding bank customers' credit card data has been sold on eBay for US$75.

PCI standard 'ignores' insider threat

In Risk - 24 June 2008 8:41 AM

New measures implemented in section 6.6 of the PCI standard, do nothing to address the threat of insiders.

Report: small merchants, not major retailers, biggest threat to credit card fraud

In Risk - By Jim Carr, 2 May 2008 10:07 AM

Credit card thieves are taking advantage of the vulnerabilities in small retailers' point-of-sale check-out systems, according to a new report.

Clothing retailer settles with FTC over credit card breach

In Risk - By Dan Kaplan, 22 April 2008 10:00 AM

The Federal Trade Commission has approved a final consent order that settles charges an online clothing retailer failed to properly secure its customers' personal information.

Visa launches intelligent decisioning service

In Risk - By Sue Marquette Poremba , 21 April 2008 9:51 AM

Visa Risk Manager will address fraud losses and help issuers approve a greater number of legitimate credit and debit transactions.

Stolen credit card portal uncovered

In Risk - By Robert Jaques, 27 March 2008 9:51 AM

Security experts have discovered an underground exchange promoting the sale of fraudulent credit card data with guarantees and volume discounts for large-scale fraudsters..

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.

Fake Microsoft anti-spyware site stealing credit card info

In Web/client - By Jim Carr, 16 October 2007 9:47 AM

Security researchers at McAfee Avert Labs have uncovered a fake "AntiSpyware Center" website purporting to be from Microsoft.

US state credit report freeze law goes into effect

In Risk - By Jim Carr, 5 October 2007 9:58 AM

The US state of Oregon has become the latest to pass legislation to control identity theft.

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