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In episode 101: Start the new year off right by following our top 10 cybersecurity and privacy resolutions! ** Show notes and links mentioned on the show ** Recommended Password Managers KeePass (free and open source): https://keepass.info/ Dashlane: h… Continue reading Top 10 Cybersecurity and Privacy Resolutions
If you live in London you can now pay for your TFL journeys using your iPhone or Apple Watch without needing to verify using Face ID of Touch ID.
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Apple Play has exceeded PayPal’s number of transactions, going 4x as fast as PayPal, and doubling its revenue and transactions YoY.
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After the recent preview rollout of the Apple Card, the company is launching the Apple Card for everyone in the United States. Now with 3% cashback for Uber.
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Apple is announcing its new credit card called the Apple Card with deep integrations on the iPhone.
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eBay is adding Google Pay as a payment option along with Apple Pay on its platform.
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Previous stories here on the proliferation of card-skimming devices hidden inside fuel pumps have offered a multitude of security tips for readers looking to minimize their chances of becoming the next victim, such as favoring filling stations that use security cameras and tamper-evident tape on their pumps. But according to police in San Antonio, Texas, there are far more reliable ways to avoid getting skimmed at a fuel station. Continue reading How to Avoid Card Skimmers at the Pump
Police in Lower Pottsgrove, Pennsylvania have spotted a group of thieves who are placing completely camouflaged skimmers on top of credit card terminals in Aldi stores. The skimmers, which the gang placed in plain sight of surveillance video came… Continue reading New credit card skimmer worked in plain sight at Aldi stores
When you realize how easy it is for thieves to compromise an ATM or credit card terminal with skimming devices, it’s difficult not to inspect or even pull on these machines when you’re forced to use them personally — half expecting something will come detached. For those unfamiliar with the stealth of these skimming devices and the thieves who install them, read on. Continue reading Would You Have Spotted This Skimmer?
Contactless payments are growing in popularity. Often the term will bring to mind the ability to pay by holding your phone over a reader, but the system can also use NFC tags embedded in credit cards, ID card, passports, and the like. NFC is a reasonably secure method of validating payments as it employs encryption and the functional distance between client and reader is in the tens of centimeters, and often much less. [Haoqi Shan] and the Unicorn team have reduced the security of the distance component by using a hardware proxy to relay NFC interactions over longer distances.
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