PCI DSS Archive
Black Friday and Cyber Monday are almost upon us. Let the shopping begin! However, the flurry of purchases and the data that they represent means cybercriminals will also be looking to cash in. What are the risks? As well as genuine …
In the middle of a market suffering lower-than-expected earnings reports, two tech companies stand out for their approaches to privacy. Google, which recently shuttered its social media service Google Plus following a major data breach, is now under scrutiny from …
The PCI DSS (Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard)was created in 2004 by American Express, Discover, Mastercard, Visa and JCB. It is a set of policies and procedures intended to optimize the security of credit, debit, and cash card transactions and protect cardholders against misuse of their personal information. It applies to …
The FBI has warned U.S. banks that cyber criminals are planning a global cash-out blitz at ATMs. Criminals plan to hack bank or payment card processors and use cloned cards at ATMs around the world to fraudulently withdraw millions of …
Keeping cardholder data secure can be incredibly difficult, but have you tried… not storing so much information? You’d be surprised at how effective that apparently flippant advice is. Organizations often store more information than they need, making security trickier than …
The best advice when dealing with cardholder data is always that ‘if you don’t need cardholder data, don’t store it’. This will go a long way to reducing the scope and is easier to achieve than it might appear. There …
A new type of malware, which disguises itself as a service pack for remote connectivity software service LogMeIn, steals payment card data from point-of-sale (POS) systems, according to researchers at Forcepoint Labs. The researchers spotted the malware – dubbed ‘UDPOS’ …
Jason’s Deli has fallen victim to a point-of-sale (POS) breach, with 165 stores across 15 states affected. As many as two million customers are thought to be at risk. In a statement, the Texas-based restaurant chain said criminal hackers accessed …
Global fashion retailer Forever 21 has revealed that earlier this year hackers gained access to several of its unencrypted payment card systems and potentially stole payment information belonging to customers. In a press release, Forever 21 said: “Forever 21 is …
The average number of days it takes an organization to detect a compromise decreased dramatically last year, according to the 2017 Trustwave Global Security Report. The report claims that the median length of time from intrusion to detection decreased from …
