Steven Elefant, CIO of Heartland Payment Systems, doesn't believe in software security. "There is no such thing as totally secure software anymore, and there probably never will be," he says.Elefant ...

Heartland Payment Systems' chief executive, Robert Carr, has likened his company's massive data breach to the Tylenol experience when product contamination led to an overhaul of packaging safety. Carr ...

EMV isn’t marketing noise. When a customer inserts their chip, the card and terminal perform a handshake—generating a unique ...

125 KHz card reader systems have been a cornerstone of access control for decades. Unfortunately, 125 KHz cards can be easily copied and duplicated with readily available off-the-shelf products, ...

When the FCA fined Equifax £11 million for its role in one of history’s largest cyber security breaches back in October last year, it was a stark reminder of the fragility of our data ecosystem.

New research that shows smart cards with encrypted RFID chips might not be as secure as previously thought is raising concerns in Boston, where the subway CharlieCards use just such technology. The ...

New research showing that smart cards with encrypted RFID chips might not be as secure as previously thought is raising concerns in Boston. New research showing that smart cards with encrypted RFID ...

U.S. and U.K. intelligence agencies have reportedly hacked into the computer network of giant SIM card maker Gemalto and taken smartphone encryption keys potentially used by customers of hundreds of ...

Your phone or tablet holds a lot of personal data about you and your life. Text messages, personal and business contacts, emails, credit card information, private photos and videos — all of these ...