Pierluigi Paganini
August 29, 2020
Researchers with ETH Zurich have identified vulnerabilities in the implementation of the payment card EMV standard that can allow bypassing PIN verification Researchers David Basin, Ralf Sasse, and Jorge Toro-Pozo from the department of computer science at ETH Zurich discovered multiple vulnerabilities in the implementation of the payment card EMV standard that allow hackers to […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 27, 2019
Attackers deployed a Magecart credit card skimmer script into fake Google domains used to trick visitors into making online transactions. Experts at Sucuri discovered threat actors using fake Google domains hosting a Magento skimmer script used to steal payment data when unaware visitors make transactions. The campaign was uncovered when the owner of a website […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 08, 2018
The US authorities have dismantled a global cybercrime organization tracked Infraud Organization involved in stealing and selling credit card and personal identity data. The US authorities have taken down a global cybercrime organization, the Justice Department announced indictments for 36 people charged with being part of a crime ring specialized in stealing and selling credit […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 01, 2017
Seleznev gets another prison sentence. He received 14-year prison sentence for charge in Nevada and another 14 years for the second charge in Georgia. In April, the Russian hacker Roman Seleznev, aka Track2, Bulba and Ncux, was sentenced to 27 years in prison, he was convicted of causing $170 million in damage by hacking into point-of-sale systems. The 33-year-old was […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 13, 2017
The Hilton hotel chain is paying a $700,000 settlement after being accused of mishandling two separate credit card data breaches. The Hilton hotel chain is paying a $700,000 settlement to the states of New York and Vermont after being accused of mishandling two separate cyber attacks that exposed financial data of its customers. The credit card breaches […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 22, 2017
Roman Seleznev, the son of the prominent Russian Parliament member Valery Seleznev was sentenced to 27 years in jail for hacking. The Russian hacker Roman Seleznev, aka Track2, was sentenced to 27 years in prison, he was convicted of causing $170 million in damage by hacking into point-of-sale systems. This sentence is the longest one ever imposed in […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 29, 2016
Roman Seleznev (32), the son of the Russian lawmaker and Russian Parliament member Valery Seleznev was convicted of stealing 2.9 Million credit card numbers Roman Seleznev (32), the son of one of the most notorious Russian lawmaker and Russian Parliament member Valery Seleznev has been convicted in the US of hacking businesses and stealing 2.9 million […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 03, 2016
Weston Hecker, a security researcher with Rapid7, has devised a $6 tool to open guest rooms and hack into Point-of-Sale systems. It is not difficult to image that it is quite easy for hackers to hack a hotel room door, but it is surprising to discover that it is possible to do with a $6 […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 18, 2016
The Las Vegas Casino firm Affinity Gaming sued Trustwave for allegedly failing a data breach investigation, but Trustwave denies any wrongdoing. Affinity Gaming, a casino operator operating five casinos in Nevada, and six in other locations in the US, has sued the It security company Trustwave for a “bad” investigation, after a network breach it […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 25, 2015
The hotel chain Hilton Worldwide Holdings announced Tuesday that cyber criminals stole credit card information from some of its point-of-sale systems. The hotel chain Hilton Worldwide Holdings admitted that crooks stole credit card information from some of its PoS systems, but hasn’t provided detailed info on the extent of the data breach. The company Hilton Worldwide is warning its […]
