Skimming scams are everywhere, but according to Krebs on Security, there’s another component to them that’s easy to prevent—scammers recording your PIN number. “Very often the most clever component of ...

Security researchers are eager to poke holes in the chip-embedded credit and debit cards that have arrived in Americans’ mailboxes over the last year and a half. Although the cards have been in use ...

A fake pin pad used as a card-skimming device meant to steal credit card information was discovered in the self-checkout line of an Atlanta-area Kroger grocery store, police say. The fraud was ...

Instead of hacking the company's online customer database, according to a Barnes and Noble press release, criminals planted bugs in the tempered PIN pad devices, allowing for capture of credit card ...

BLACK HAT USA—Las Vegas—The manner in which many PIN pads used by consumers to pay for purchases and communicate with point-of-sale systems make it very easy for attackers to steal payment card data, ...

Very often the most clever component of your typical ATM skimming attack is the hidden pinhole camera used to record customers entering their PINs. These little video bandits can be hidden 100 ...

Researchers have proven it’s possible to train a special-purpose deep-learning algorithm that can guess 4-digit card PINs 41% of the time, even if the victim is covering the pad with their hands. The ...

Hacking may have compromised customers' credit card and debit accounts at Michaels crafts stores, where PIN pad tampering possibly occurred at its Chicago-area stores this past week. As cash becomes ...

If you're looking for security tips or best practices for preventing your information (and money) from being stolen at an ATM, you can turn to organizations such as the American Bankers Association, ...

Many of the large payment card breaches that hit retail and hospitality businesses in recent years were the result of attackers infecting point-of-sale systems with memory-scraping malware. But there ...

MYPINPAD, a payments software authentication solutions provider, has launched a ‘PIN on Mobile’ product called MPES MYPINPAD’s PIN Entry Solution. MPES is part of MYPINPAD’s Merchant Trust Solutions ...