Credit Card Authentication: What It Is and How It Works

Credit card authentication is a way of verifying that a person attempting a credit card transaction is who they say they are and that they are authorized to use that card.
Bleeping Computer

Massive surge of NFC relay malware steals Europeans’ credit cards

Near-Field Communication (NFC) relay malware has grown massively popular in Eastern Europe, with researchers discovering over 760 malicious Android apps using the technique to steal people's payment ...
Fast Company

Those unsolicited credit card offers in your mailbox leave you vulnerable. Here’s how to get them to stop

We’ve all opened our mailboxes to discover an unsolicited credit card offer (or three) inside. Although there must be people out there who take advantage of these offers, most of us simply throw the ...
Hackaday

This Credit Card Computer Follows All Dimensions

A computer the size of a credit card is nothing new. There have been many single-board computers following the familiar dimensions. [Krauseler]’s credit card computer is different, though. It packs an ...
KVUE

Weak EBT card security leaves millions in Texas SNAP benefits exposed to theft, $21M already stolen

AUSTIN, Texas — A KVUE investigation found Texas continues to rely on outdated technology and has no current timeline to adopt industry-standard security protections for Electronic Benefit Transfer ...

Funnel Builder WordPress plugin bug exploited to steal credit cards

A critical vulnerability in the Funnel Builder plugin for WordPress is being actively exploited to inject malicious JavaScript snippets into WooCommerce checkout pages.