Pierluigi Paganini
February 17, 2017
Security experts have discovered a new SQL malware targeting online shops running on Magento that hides the code in the website’s database. Security experts have discovered a new strain of malware that is targeted websites raising Russian the Magento eCommerce platform. The novelty is that this is the first a malware that hides the code in the website’s […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 10, 2017
Arbyâs Restaurant Group, one of the largest fast food sandwich restaurant chains in the US, confirmed that its PoS systems had been breached by crooks. Hundreds of Arby’s Restaurants suffered a card breach, the Arbyâs Restaurant Group is the second-largest quick-service fast-food sandwich restaurant chain in the US. Arbyâs has more than 3,330 stores in the United States, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 05, 2017
Hackers compromised payment systems at 12 US properties of the InterContinental Hotels Group and stolen card data with a malware. The hospitality giant InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) has confirmed that payment systems of 12 US hotels were victims of a massive data breach. Just a month ago the company InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) confirmed an […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 29, 2016
The company InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) confirmed an ongoing investigation of alleged card breach at some of its properties. The notorious investigators Brian Krebs was informed of a possible security breach at the hotel company InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG). Krebs received the news of the alleged card breach by his sources in the financial industry. According […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 05, 2016
The Japanese giant of the cosmetic industry Shiseido Co. announced a data breach. Data leak on 420,000 shoppers, including financial information. Another week, a new data breach has been announced by the press, this time the victim is the Japanese giant of the cosmetic industry Shiseido Co. The company Shiseido announced the incident on Friday, the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 03, 2016
A group of security researchers discovered a new method dubbed Distributed Guessing Attack to hack VISA credit card in just 6 seconds. A group of security researchers from the Newcastle University devised a method to hack VISA credit cards is just six seconds. The technique relies on a Distributed Guessing Attack in which online payment websites […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 12, 2016
The Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council (PCI Council) updates its standard to reduce fraudulent activities against PoS systems. The number of credit card frauds involving Point-of-Sale continues to increase, in the last months, numerous attacks targeted retails and hotels worldwide. The Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council (PCI Council) has responded with the definition […]
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 07, 2016
The security expert Salvador Mendoza demonstrated that is it easy to steal Samsung Pay tokens and reuse them to make fraudulent purchases. The security researcher Salvador Mendoza has discovered a flaw in the Samsung Pay system that could be exploited by hackers to remotely skim credit cards. The attackers can steal Samsung Pay tokens and […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 08, 2016
The hack suffered by Wendy’s fast-food chain was bigger than thought, payment card data exposed in more than 1000 stores. The hack suffered by Wendy’s fast-food chain was bigger than thought and exposed sensitive information, including credit card data. Roughly one on three Wendy’s burger was hacked, a malware has infected PoS systems. Just after the […]
