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Today I have received an SMS from the number that my credit card provider uses to send MTANs that have to be entered for e-commerce. So at first the obvious scam seemed to be someone trying to use my credit card for an e-comm… Continue reading Understanding scam involving mobile transaction number
Choice Hotels has advised its customers to watch out for fraud after an extremely specific security lapse may have compromised their personal data. In a notice to customers, the hospitality franchise says the lapse requires numerous specific factors to… Continue reading Choice Hotels: If a + b + c = d, then oops, we might have leaked some Safari users’ personal info
Recently I accessed my credit card account (with a well-known credit card company) and right on the web page received a message that my account is locked to “prevent some sort of fraud”.
I called customer service and was ins… Continue reading Credit card fraud – record your face movement to unlock your account
The business is located in the US. But:
Has European customers who put a transaction via a custom-built
shopping cart Sells via tradeshow in Europe or Asia in person Could
Customers send credit cards via phone
Question: i… Continue reading Business located in USA does it need to be PCI and SCA compliant?
69% of U.S. merchants reported that significant amount of company time and expense is dedicated to dealing with payment fraud, in a survey by American Express. Balance security with a streamlined customer experience Nearly eight-in-ten U.S. merchant re… Continue reading Merchants must find ways to balance security with a seamless customer experience
Expect unprecedented levels of online data theft this holiday season due to a lack of deployed client-side security measures. Disturbing lack of security measures Tala Security highlights the widespread vulnerability resulting from integrations that en… Continue reading Cybercriminals targeting e-commerce website vulnerabilities this holiday season
A third of Americans have been a victim of information fraud or identity theft. Despite notable data breaches in 2019, when asked if they update or change passwords/PINs after a company they do business with suffers a data breach, more than a quarter (… Continue reading Do your infosec habits make you vulnerable to fraud?
The UK’s Labour Party kicks off its election campaign with claims that it has suffered a sophisticated cyber-attack, Apple’s credit card is accused of being sexist, and what is Google up to with Project Nightingale?
All this and much more i… Continue reading Smashing Security #154: A buttock of biometrics
Nowadays, any credit/debit card transaction made online (at least for mine) requires one to enter the card details (Account No., Expiry Date, CVV etc). In the end, a OTP (One Time Pass) is sent to the mobile number linked to … Continue reading Is it possible to bypass 2FA and access bank account in this system?
I am customer of a large European bank, but I have found the following happening consistently with multiple past banks.
Basically, I have always been able to pay using my legitimate card(s), credit or debit, under a fake nam… Continue reading I can pay by my credit card under fake name: who’s responsible to check?