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Credit and charge card fraud rates increased in 2007, as more dollars were lost to fraudulent overseas online merchants, according to the Australian Payments Clearing Association (APCA). Opting to use a PIN number for credit card transactions over a signature won’t necessarily improve security nor minimise fraud rates, according to the PEN or PIN project manager.
Credit card thieves are taking advantage of the vulnerabilities in small retailers' point-of-sale check-out systems, according to a new report. The Federal Trade Commission has approved a final consent order that settles charges an online clothing retailer failed to properly secure its customers' personal information. Security experts have discovered an underground exchange promoting the sale of fraudulent credit card data with guarantees and volume discounts for large-scale fraudsters.. A computer holding bank customers' credit card data has been sold on eBay for US$75. The US state of Oregon has become the latest to pass legislation to control identity theft. Visa has doled out some US$880,000 in fines to a Cincinnati-based acquiring bank that retail chain TJX contracted with to process most of its credit card transactions. As long as there has been credit granting there have been customers committing first party fraud. Security researchers at McAfee Avert Labs have uncovered a fake "AntiSpyware Center" website purporting to be from Microsoft. Investigators at eBay believe a fraudster was trying to generate panic when he posted what appeared to be the credit card numbers for 1,200 members to an eBay forum that deals with user safety and security.
Visa Risk Manager will address fraud losses and help issuers approve a greater number of legitimate credit and debit transactions. Chip and PIN credit cards are hitting Australian shores. Negar Salek, demystifies the emerging secure payment technology and its potential benefits. The black-market price for stolen credit and debit card details has dropped to as little as US$1.50, according to a newspaper investigation. New measures implemented in section 6.6 of the PCI standard, do nothing to address the threat of insiders. An Arizona man who obtained stolen credit card numbers from overseas hackers and then used the data to withdraw money from cash machines has been sentenced to 84 months in prison. Charity doesn't always begin at home. Nowadays, it increasingly appears to come from credit card thieves looking to validate stolen cards. June 30 marks an important date for any company that takes online credit card payments. A swifter assessment process may soon await merchants and service providers trying to demonstrate compliance with Payment Card Industry (PCI) standards. The Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standard is unique compared to other security standards, as PCI provides strong guidance as to how merchants can actually comply with its requirements.