Neowin News Feed for: Credit card

WordPress begins to accept Bitcoins as a currency

Paul Ferson — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 18:50:38 +0000

WordPress has added functionality today, allowing bloggers across the world to pay using the digital Bitcoin currency while side-stepping issues such as PayPal being unavailable or limited. Read more...

Report: Used Xbox 360 consoles still have credit card info [Update]

John Callaham — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 18:36:32 +0100

A research team claims that used Xbox 360 consoles could still have credit card information that can be accessed by hackers, even if the console is restored to its original factory settings. Read more...

Bank card details can be stolen with NFC-equipped phones

Andy Weir — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 19:32:24 +0100

An investigation reveals that millions of bank customers are vulnerable to having their bank card data stolen with alarming ease, using some simple custom software and an NFC-enabled smartphone. Read more...

Google wants you to enter your credit card as part of Gmail signup?

Brad Sams — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 03:32:15 +0000

Google is testing a new email signup page where it will ask the user to enter their credit card information to also create a Google Wallet account. Read more...

comScore accused of stealing credit cards and passwords

Denis Wong — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 04:17:07 +0100

Credit card numbers, passwords, and Social Security Numbers are amongst the confidential data comScore is accused of siphoning via spyware-like software installed by users. Read more...

Hackers accessed information from 200,000 Citi cardholders

Denis Wong — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 09:20:44 +0100

In recent months, hackers have been targeting high profile institutions in society. The most prominent target of the bunch are Sony and its properties, starting from the PlayStation Network breach and continuing with attacks on... Read more...

Sony-owned service hacked, and Sony's servers used for phishing

Denis Wong — Fri, 20 May 2011 23:52:09 +0100

A Sony service is the latest victim of another attack, although this one involves a Sony subsidiary that is a Japanese Internet service provider. Officials at So-net Entertainment Corporation reported a breach by an online... Read more...

PSN database with 2.2 million credit card details up for sale?

Piers Hausjell — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 00:57:24 +0100

The folks over at the PSX-Scene forums are reporting that over 2.2 million customers' names, addresses, phone numbers and credit/debit card information is up for grabs to the highest bidder, including the crucial three digit... Read more...

Neowin's Guide to not getting scammed

Tzvi Friedman — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 17:22:01 +0000

Black Friday, the busiest day of consumer spending in the US, and the symbolic beginning of the Winter holiday shopping season, is also a scammer's paradise. When customers are throwing money at you faster than... Read more...

Secret Service helps bust ID, credit card theft rings

Slimy — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 07:50:19 +0100

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Thanks to information provided by the Secret Service, on June 12 French National Police arrested four on online fraud charges in relation to an international ID theft ring. The arrests were part of an undercover... Read more...

Valve's Steam service hacked, credit card info obtained

Steven Parker — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 08:44:45 +0100

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Looks like its time to cancel another card...Valve is still not responding to this as of yet, how wonderful. Valve's Steam content distribution system has apparently been hacked. The culprit allegedly got deep enough into... Read more...

Hackers Steal Credit Card Details of 19,000 AT&T Customers

grnemo — Wed, 30 Aug 2006 14:09:16 +0100

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Hackers have obtained credit card details of 19,000 online shoppers from telecoms company AT&T. The US company said it had notified shoppers at its online store of the security breach, which affected people buying high-speed... Read more...

Wireless Computer Shrunk Smaller Than a Credit Card

Dave Legg — Thu, 29 Jun 2006 16:14:02 +0100

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Israeli company Compulab recently announced a computer that manages to cram a complete PDA into a device two-thirds the size of a credit card. The CM-X270 is a small Computer-on-Module board designed to serve as... Read more...

Spam clients outed, credit card details published

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 23 Jul 2003 18:01:22 +0100

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Anti-spam activists have upped the ante in their fight against junk email by publishing the details - including credit card information - of people who've ordered spamming services online. Activists published details from order forms... Read more...

Wireless cash registers leaks Credit Card info.

me101 — Thu, 02 May 2002 15:04:53 +0100

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Thanks go to Slashdot for point me in the direction of this article over on MSNBC regarding Best Buy and their wireless cash registers and the insecurity therein. Best Buy, the nation's No.... Read more...

Fleet credit card web site flawed

configure — Sat, 08 Dec 2001 11:12:34 +0000

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A Fleet Credit Card Services customer has discovered a serious flaw in one of the bank's Web sites, apparently revealing private details of hundreds of thousands of transactions. The details, viewed by MSNBC.com, include Social... Read more...

Net Credit Card Christmas Fraud

Daniel Fleshbourne — Sat, 01 Dec 2001 00:12:35 +0000

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Internet fraud is expected to cost at least Â£50m this Christmas, with thieves using the card details of unsuspecting customers to buy a host of expensive goods online, analysts believe. Criminals are increasingly turning to... Read more...