Heartland in US$60m settlement with Visa issuers 

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.
ATO glitch leaves first home owners waiting 

ATO glitch leaves first home owners waiting

In Risk - By Charis Palmer, 18 December 2009 11:10 AM
Tax Office works overtime to meet crucial payment deadlines.
Restaurants file lawsuit against payment terminal vendor after identity theft 

Restaurants file lawsuit against payment terminal vendor after identity theft

In Risk - By Dan Raywood, 30 November 2009 10:55 AM
Lack of PCI DSS compliance proves troublesome.
New ransomware variant features novel payment scheme 

New ransomware variant features novel payment scheme

In Applications - By Chuck Miller, 3 November 2009 12:05 PM
Utilises SEO poisoning.
Calls for PCI DSS compliance logo 

Calls for PCI DSS compliance logo

In Risk - By Dan Raywood, 25 September 2009 11:10 AM
Will give accredited merchants competitive advantage.
PCI clarifies procedures to secure Wi-Fi  

PCI clarifies procedures to secure Wi-Fi

In Risk - By Angela Moscaritolo, 20 July 2009 12:21 PM
The group charged with administering the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) has begun issuing guidance documents that merchants can use to help them better ...
PCI appoints new board of advisors 

PCI appoints new board of advisors

In Risk - By Angela Moscaritolo, 19 May 2009 10:33 AM
A roster of new organisations will make up the second Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council (PCI SSC) board of advisors, including Bank of America, Wal-Mart and PayPal.
Revealed: Why CBA now sells e-commerce software 

Revealed: Why CBA now sells e-commerce software

In Risk - By Ry Crozier, 29 April 2009 5:01 PM
The Commonwealth Bank is hoping to reduce its risk profile to credit card fraud by taking greater control over the online shopping platforms used by its merchant business ...
Web Hosting Talk payment system hack revealed 

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 

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 

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 

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 claims payment processor breach is not new 

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 

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 

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.
Heartland sued as payment processor seeks to encrypt more 

Heartland sued as payment processor seeks to encrypt more

In Risk - By Dan Kaplan, 30 January 2009 11:15 AM
A team of lawyers from Pennsylvania have filed a class-action lawsuit against Heartland Payment Systems over the payment processor's potentially record-setting data breach.
Heartland boss calls for industry collaboration 

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.
Domestic payment filter targets terrorist transactions 

Domestic payment filter targets terrorist transactions

In Risk - By Liz Tay, 9 July 2008 4:49 PM
Logica is banking on anti-terrorist regulatory compliance with this week’s launch of its automated transaction scanning software.
PCI payment standards come into play 

PCI payment standards come into play

In Risk - By Clement James, 1 July 2008 9:47 AM
Companies have been warned to be aware of Section 6.6 of the Payment Card Industry (PCI) standard that comes into force today.
PCI council unveils payment application standard 

PCI council unveils payment application standard

In Risk - By Dan Kaplan, 17 April 2008 10:07 AM
The Payment Card Industry (PCI) Security Standards Council has officially taken over control of a new data security standard from Visa.
Amazon payment service targets micro-payments 

Amazon payment service targets micro-payments

In Risk - By Tom Sanders, 9 August 2007 2:16 PM
Amazon has quietly rolled out a limited beta of its Amazon Flexible Payment(AFP) service. The service offers payment outsourcing to third party websites and applications. It ...
Voice ID payment system claims to cut fraud 

Voice ID payment system claims to cut fraud

In Crypto - 2 May 2007 2:41 PM
Biometric Security Ltd has announced the release of the world's first voice-verified payment processing system.
Data security firms start Payment Card Industry Vendor Alliance 

Data security firms start Payment Card Industry Vendor Alliance

In Risk - By Ericka Chickowski, 31 January 2007 3:46 AM
A handful of data security companies announced they're forming a new alliance to advocate for firms who must comply with the payment card industry data security standards (PCI ...
Payment card companies announce new PCI organization, update standard 

Payment card companies announce new PCI organization, update standard

By Ericka Chickowski, 8 September 2006 12:34 AM
The five leading payment card companies joined together today to update to announce the formation of an independent council to manage and enforce the Payment Card Industry ...
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