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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 United States and 6 million in Canada. The data breach that occurred on March 22nd and 23rd this year […]
If you have not been able to recover your credit card for a long time, chances are your credit card is marketed on the Dark Web. According to a report, over 23 million stolen credit cards and debit cards were offered for sale, on the dark web, in the first half of 2019. Cybersecurity firm […]
If you purchased OnePlus devices through the official site in the last few months, your credit card details could be at risk. Many users who bought OnePlus devices later reported suspicious activity on their credit card statement. According to a security firm Fidus, the issue could be associated with how the payment process happens, not […]
Short Bytes: Skimming is an effective technique used by thieves to steal credit card information from old and classic debit/credit card scanners. Recently, in Miami, two people were caught on camera who placed a skimmer on a credit card scanner in less than three seconds. Surprisingly, turning a regular credit card reader into a device […]
Short Bytes: A new flaw in the card transaction has been revealed by the German security experts. This flaw, capable of cloning the entire card and hacking the entire protocol, cannot be removed by just a mere software patch. But banks and card companies are not reacting to it. Know why? So who is at […]
Short Bytes: EMV credit cards have till now been assumed to be unhackable. The security professor from the University of California explains how it is NOT so. With the advancing technology and due time has given anything and everything can be hacked. We have already seen some of such events like the car-hacking, whole corporates brought […]
Last week, hackers breached into the servers of Web.com group, (a reputable online web services provider) and managed to access and steal the credit card information of about 93,000 customers. So if you are a Web.com customer then we will suggest you to keep an eye on the fraudulent transactions against your credit card. [must […]
In a new development during AntiSec’s Jeremy Hammond arrest case, the FBI told the court that it has now charged the group for stealing credit card information equals $700,000. Last December AntiSec, known as a branch of Anonymous hacking group hacked into database of security agency Startfor and leaked 200GB worth of data, with username, passwords, information […]