payment systems

Pierluigi Paganini July 10, 2023
A flaw in Revolut US payments resulted in the theft of $20 Million

A zero-day vulnerability in the Revolut payment systems allowed threat actors to steal more than $20 million in early 2022. In early 2022, threat actors exploited a zero-day flaw in Revolut payment systems to steal more than $20 million, reported the Financial Times quoting multiple unnamed sources. The issue resulted from differences between American and […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 15, 2016
Fujitsu targets payment industry with PalmSecure Technology

Fujitsu has announced plans to launch its digital payment system PalmSecure Technology in Europe that is a security solution for biometric identification Fujitsu has announced plans to launch its digital payment system PalmSecure in Europe that is a security solution for biometric identification, which is offering the perfect user authentication for payment scenarios. It operates touchless, highly […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 27, 2015
European credit card payment terminals are plagued with serious flaws

Two German security experts have exposed a number of serious flaws in credit card payment systems that put users at risk. The duo of German security experts, Karsten Nohl  and Fabian Braunlein, found a new vulnerability in payment terminals that could be exploited by hackers to steal money. Differently from past attacks, this time, the hackers […]