Wawa Breach: Hackers Put 30 Million Stolen Payment Card Details for Sale

Remember the recent payment card breach at Wawa convenience stores?

If you’re among those millions of customers who shopped at any of 850 Wawa stores last year but haven’t yet hotlisted your cards, it’s high time to take immediate action.

That’s beca… Continue reading Wawa Breach: Hackers Put 30 Million Stolen Payment Card Details for Sale

Interpol Arrests 3 Indonesian Credit Card Hackers for Magecart Attacks

The Indonesian National Police in a joint press conference with Interpol and cybersecurity firm Group-IB earlier today announced the arrest of three Magecart-style Indonesian hackers who had compromised hundreds of international e-commerce websites and… Continue reading Interpol Arrests 3 Indonesian Credit Card Hackers for Magecart Attacks

Capital One Data Breach Affects 106 Million Customers; Hacker Arrested

Another week, another massive data breach.

Capital One, the fifth-largest U.S. credit-card issuer and banking institution, has recently suffered a data breach exposing the personal information of more than 100 million credit card applicants in the Uni… Continue reading Capital One Data Breach Affects 106 Million Customers; Hacker Arrested

In-Depth Analysis of JS Sniffers Uncovers New Families of Credit Card-Skimming Code

In a world that’s growing increasingly digital, Magecart attacks have emerged as a key cybersecurity threat to e-commerce sites.

Magecart, which is in the news a lot lately, is an umbrella term given to 12 different cyber criminal groups that are spec… Continue reading In-Depth Analysis of JS Sniffers Uncovers New Families of Credit Card-Skimming Code

Expedia’s Orbitz Says 880,000 Payment Cards Compromised in Security Breach

Chicago-based online travel booking company Orbitz, a subsidiary of Expedia, reveals that one of its old websites has been hacked, exposing nearly 880,000 payment card numbers of the people who made purchases online.

The data breach incident, which wa… Continue reading Expedia’s Orbitz Says 880,000 Payment Cards Compromised in Security Breach

OnePlus confirms up to 40,000 customers affected by Credit Card Breach

OnePlus has finally confirmed that its online payment system was breached, following several complaints of fraudulent credit card transactions from its customers who made purchases on the company’s official website.

In a statement released today, Chin… Continue reading OnePlus confirms up to 40,000 customers affected by Credit Card Breach

Forever 21 Warns Shoppers of Payment Card Breach at Some Stores

Another day, another data breach. This time a fast-fashion retailer has fallen victim to payment card breach.

American clothes retailer Forever 21 announced on Tuesday that the company had suffered a security breach that allowed unknown hackers to gai… Continue reading Forever 21 Warns Shoppers of Payment Card Breach at Some Stores

US Court Sentences Russian Lawmaker’s Son to 27 Years in Jail for Hacking

The son of a prominent Russian lawmaker was sentenced on Friday by a US federal court to 27 years in prison after being convicted of stealing millions of US credit card numbers and causing some $170 million in damages to businesses and individuals.

Th… Continue reading US Court Sentences Russian Lawmaker’s Son to 27 Years in Jail for Hacking

[Video] How to Hack a Credit Card in 6 Seconds, Experts Reveal

As India attempts an upgrade to a cashless society, cyber security experts have raised serious concerns and revealed how to find credit card information – including expiration dates and CVV numbers – in just 6 Seconds.

And what’s more interesting? The hack uses nothing more than guesswork by querying multiple e-commerce sites.

In a new research paper entitled “Does The Online Card Payment

Continue reading [Video] How to Hack a Credit Card in 6 Seconds, Experts Reveal

Russian Lawmaker’s Son Convicted of Stealing 2.9 Million Credit Card Numbers

The son of a prominent Russian lawmaker has been found guilty in the United States of running a hacking scheme that stole and sold 2.9 million US credit card numbers using Point-of-Sale (POS) malware, costing financial institutions more than $169 Milli… Continue reading Russian Lawmaker’s Son Convicted of Stealing 2.9 Million Credit Card Numbers