Neowin News Feed for: Visa

Samsung and Visa sign NFC deal, Galaxy S IV first to get integration

Stephen Robinson — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 20:34:00 +0000

Visa and Samsung have made a deal that will see the handset maker integrate Visa's payment software in its smartphones and tablets including the upcoming Galaxy S IV flagship. Read more...

Hacker claims to have gained access to Visa and MasterCard details; mass bank breach

Stefano Elia — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 19:54:49 +0100

A hacker going by the name of Reckz0r or "Jeremy", claims to have gained over 50GB of data from Visa and Mastercard customers, it would be wise to watch your credit info closely. Read more...

Visa and MasterCard could be victims of "massive" data breach

John Callaham — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 17:12:06 +0100

Credit card companies Visa and MasterCard have reported that a data breach at a US-based processor has recently occurred and may have exposed up to 10 million credit card numbers. Read more...

Captchas broken by Stanford Researchers

Tzvi Friedman — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 14:09:01 +0000

A Stanford research group has shown that Captchas aren't really that great at differentiating between human and computer. However, many websites aren't very worried. Read more...

Google Wallet launches on Sprint

Owen Williams — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 00:28:49 +0100

Nexus S users can now use Google Wallet, the company's first "tap and go" payment solution if they're on the Sprint network. The technology uses NFC and will soon support most major credit cards. Read more...

UK police charge alleged Anonymous hacker

Byron Hinson — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 20:28:50 +0100

Police have charged a man under the Computer Misuse Act. Peter David Gibson allegedly carried out hacks against a number of companies as part of hacking collective Anonymous and faces 10 years in jail Read more...

WikiLeaks to sue Visa and MasterCard for blocking donations

Denis Wong — Sun, 03 Jul 2011 01:12:35 +0100

It has been more than half a year since Visa and MasterCard faced DDoS attacks from Anonymous and WikiLeaks supporters for holding back financial donations to the whistleblower organization. In an announcement made earlier today,... Read more...

Five arrested over 'Anonymous' DDoS attacks

Andrew Lyle — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 01:25:54 +0000

Five males have been taken into custody this morning, after their attacks against websites like PayPal, Visa, Mastercard and Amazon. The massive online group called 'Anonymous' was successful in disrupting service to the websites, all... Read more...

NFC payments coming to McDonalds in the UK

Mike Brown — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 12:32:30 +0000

McDonalds has revealed plans to install contactless payment technology in all of their UK restaurants this summer, The Mirror reports. Around £1.5 million is being invested into the scheme, which will see the system being... Read more...

Operation Payback Day 2: Teen boy arrested, more attacks planned

Tzvi Friedman — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 18:05:52 +0000

It seems that Anonymous has suffered its first casualty in their cyber war on Wikileaks detractors. In the Netherlands, a 16 year old boy has been arrested for contributing to the Distributed Denial of Service... Read more...

PayPal and Visa back up after attacks by Anonymous [Update]

Alan Cone — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 20:54:25 +0000

Anonymous sure has been fairly busy recently with their recent attacks on PayPal, MasterCard, and now are preparing to take down Visa's website according to a tweet by @Anon_Operation under Operation Payback. The group today announced... Read more...

Visa introduces pin payment card

Tom Warren — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 10:36:14 +0000

Visa is introducing a revolutionary new credit card allowing users to use their PIN for online card transactions. Aimed at savvy internet users, the Visa PIN card features an alpha-numeric display and a 12-button keypad... Read more...

Visa to launch global cellphone payment system

Slimy — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 03:27:01 +0000

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Here comes news about the electronic wallet (again). At CES 2007, Visa announced that it plans on launching a global payment system allowing people to pay for goods through their cellphones. This would be done... Read more...

Microsoft's Gates Urges End to Tech Visa Limits

malebolgia — Wed, 27 Apr 2005 22:28:11 +0100

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The United States should remove visa limits to allow more skilled foreign citizens to work at U.S. companies if it wants to remain a leader in technology, Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates said on Wednesday.... Read more...

Microsoft, eBAY, PayPal, Visa Launch Phish Report Network

junkam — Tue, 15 Feb 2005 12:14:00 +0000

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WholeSecurity, the leading provider of behavioral, on-demand endpoint security solutions, today introduced the Phish Report Network, the Internet industry's first worldwide anti-phishing aggregation service. Initial participants in the new business service include Microsoft, eBay, PayPal,... Read more...

AOL announces Visa Buxx Cash Card

me101 — Tue, 22 Jul 2003 20:27:34 +0100

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AOL announced today that it will team up with Visa to offer cash cards targeting teens and young adults as part of the unveiling of its refurbished online service this summer. The... Read more...

Visa readies wireless smart cards

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 25 Sep 2002 15:46:09 +0100

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Visa International is making a push with a new smart-card payment system that would allow hands-free transactions. The credit card company said Thursday that it plans to set up a new system that uses... Read more...

New MSN Titanium visa card

Steven Parker — Wed, 03 Oct 2001 11:33:30 +0100

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Microsoft makes it clear where your dollar belongs Thanks News Whistler, The MSN® network of Internet services and First USA, Bank One Corp.'s credit card company, launched the MSN Titanium Visa® card,... Read more...