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Visa: AI Adds to the Cyberthreats Holiday Shoppers Will Face

For credit card giant Visa, the holiday season is always an extremely busy time. It not only brings out millions of people using plastic to pay for gifts, seasonal food, and decorations, ...
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“Web Skimming Attacks – Digital Hacking Techniques for Payment Card”

“Web Skimming Attacks – Digital Hacking Techniques for Payment Card”

Introduction A recent notion, Web Skimming attacks, which have been around for a while, was introduced with the rise in cyber threats. After the Magecart attack on British Attacks in 2018, they ...

See Tickets Breach Sheds Light on the Blind-Side of Web Security

Despite its name, leading ticketing service provider See Tickets was blind to a card skimming attack that pilfered financial and personal information from its online customers for 2 1/2 years. The post ...
American Payroll Association Forgets to Patch Web Portal, Hackers Skim Credit Cards and Passwords Off Site

American Payroll Association Forgets to Patch Web Portal, Hackers Skim Credit Cards and Passwords Off Site

• American Payroll Association uncovered unusual activity on the site dating back to May 13 • Hackers exploited vulnerability to deploy card-skimming techniques and steal credit card data • Identity thieves gained ...
Fullz House Group Using Phishing and Web Skimming to Maximize Profits

Fullz House Group Using Phishing and Web Skimming to Maximize Profits

A new threat group called “Fullz House” is using both phishing and web skimming in order to maximize the profits of its attacks. Fullz House isn’t new to the threat landscape, but ...
18 Members of ATM Skimmer Gang Arrested -- Mostly Romanian

18 Members of ATM Skimmer Gang Arrested — Mostly Romanian

DOJ Press Release: 18 Members of International Fraud and Money Laundering ConspiracyThe Southern District of New York brought charges on 18 people for their involvement in an ATM Skimming ring that planted ...
65K Attempts to Steal Credit Card Info From Online Stores Blocked in July

65K Attempts to Steal Credit Card Info From Online Stores Blocked in July

Security researchers detected and blocked over 65,000 attempts to steal credit card information from compromised online stores during the month of July. In July, Malwarebytes found that the majority (53.5 percent) of ...
Romanians on a Skimming Crime Spree?

Romanians on a Skimming Crime Spree?

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When I posted last month about a Romanian skimming case (see: "Alert Traffic Patrolman Unveils Romanian Skimming Ring") I got two strong reactions. One was from my Romanian Information Security friends who ...
Alert Traffic Patrolman Unveils Romanian Skimming Ring

Alert Traffic Patrolman Unveils Romanian Skimming Ring

Clinton, Mississippi doesn't sound like the kind of place where an international skimming operation would be operating. With a population of barely 25,000, the town in southwest Mississippi does have one thing ...

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