Study: Financial services firms fail to act aggressively against cyberthreats

September 15, 2014

Cyberattacks against financial services providers are on the rise, but many firms' response is disproportionately weak in comparison with the threat level.

EMF to host EMV terminal training workshop for industry groups

September 11, 2014

The one-day event will provide a comprehensive review of chip technology, as well as focused sessions on development and best practices for implementation.

CSI supports tokenization for mobile payment security

September 11, 2014

Tokenization allows CSI customers to participate fully with leading mobile wallet providers, including the recently announced Apple Pay service.

FIs see mounting ATM fraud following Home Depot data breach

September 10, 2014

The retailer says that no PIN data was stolen in the breach. However criminals have found other ways to solve the problem of missing PINs.

The Fraudulent Four: The world's worst payment frauds and security failures

The payments industry never stops looking for new techniques and safeguards to stop thieves and fraudsters. Even so, we constantly hear about their exploits…

Russian hackers steal massive amounts of customer data from US banks

August 28, 2014

The intrusion bears the hallmarks of political posturing; its timing corresponds to the enactment of sanctions against Russian banks and stolen information has…

Accelerating Branch Transformation with Integrated ATM Life Cycle Management

Banks need to modernize their ATM operations management technology to accelerate the transformation of their self-service channels and deliver the quality of…

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PCI SSC issues bulletin on 'Backoff' malware threat

August 27, 2014

Though Backoff is known only to have infected POS systems, the program logs PINs from debit card transactions that can be paired with track data for use at…

UAE banks block debit cards in response to ATM compromise

August 27, 2014

After banks in the region experienced multimillion-dollar losses in a $45 million global bank heist that came to light last year, the UAE Central Bank is…

PCI SSC announces proposed 2015 special interest group projects

August 25, 2014

Security guidance for ATMs is one of several projects proposed for consideration next year by the PCI Security Standards Council.

Any idiot with a 3D printer can make a fake front for an ATM skimmer

August 22, 2014

However Hamid P, whom the police arrested this week in France for running a skimming operation, was no run-of-the-mill idiot.

What can 'Brown' do for data theft victims?

August 21, 2014

The UPS Store has notified customers of a potential data compromise occurring at 51 franchised locations between Jan. 20 and Aug. 11.

Quite the tale: Tying up loose ends

by Richard Buckle — Founder and CEO, Pyalla Technologies, LLC

It came as a surprise to discover that a free-standing white-label ATM I was about to use had something strange going on — a highly conspicuous communications…

Oberthur to acquire powered display card provider NagraID

August 19, 2014

NagraID technology enables secure access to the cloud, primarily for companies engaged in providing financial payments, and authentication and identification…

Israeli tech firm to assist Chinese banks with ATM physical security

August 19, 2014

Primary and secondary sensors will alert FIs to a wide spectrum of physical threats ranging from shaking the machine to attempting to blow it up.

Fed study finds that ATM, debit might be safer than credit cards

by Rebecca Hellmann — Marketing and Sales Coordinator, Welch ATM

In 2012, PIN debit card transactions - including both purchases and ATM cash withdrawals - had the lowest fraud rates among general-purpose cards by both…

Kaspersky study finds consumers nonchalant about data security

August 18, 2014

When it comes to protecting their personal and financial information online, consumers just might be their own worst enemy.

German bank adds protection against ATM malware upload

August 18, 2014

Newly integrated software allows only authorized code to run on the ATM network, so ING-DiBa can prevent attacks, rather than simply responding to them.

Supervalu the latest brand to report data breach

August 15, 2014

The company doesn't specify that PIN numbers were stolen, but refers to 'other numerical information' in the announcement that its POS system was compromised.

Indictment of Russian for card data theft 'a serious warning to cybercriminals'

August 14, 2014

Among other crimes, Roman Valerevich Seleznev is charged with operating carding forums — websites where criminals gather to sell stolen credit card numbers.