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PCI SSC has pre-announced the summary of changes for expected PCI 2.0 in October 2010. Based on summary report most of the changes are clarification or guidance.
According to Bob Russo, general manager of the PCI Security Standards Council.
“This version is 2.0, and the connotation is that there will be major changes, but [...]
There is a myth out there that we are a small company and PCI DSS does not apply to us. It does not matter how small or big your business is you must comply to PCI DSS if you process, store and transmit credit card data.
Don’t store the credit card data, if you don’t [...]
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By Tom Murphy
INDIANAPOLIS – WellPoint Inc. has notified 470,000 individual insurance customers that medical records, credit card numbers and other sensitive information may have been exposed in the latest security breach of the health insurer’s records.
The Indianapolis company said the problem stemmed from an online program customers can use to track the progress [...]
There is a big misconception out there that PCI DSS compliance does not apply to us, because we are relatively a small company
The fact is PCI DSS must be met by all organizations that transmit, process or store payment card data. Also business owner want to know what is ROI on PCI compliance. It is [...]
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PCI DSS v1.2: A Practical Guide to Implementation
By David F. Carr @ Forbes
The easiest way for small businesses to address the information security requirements imposed by credit card companies is the wrong way. I’m talking about lying and praying.
In 2004 the major credit card companies got together to define a [...]
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City woman victim of skimming; Credit card number used for purchases at store in Florida.(City): An article from: Winnipeg Free Press
By Angela Moscaritolo – SCMagazineUS.com
U.S. banks are grappling with a recent increase in skimming attacks, which are being carried out by Eastern European gangs aiming to steal consumer bank account [...]
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DesMoinesRegister.com
Nearly $9,000 was stolen from a Des Moines family’s credit union account after their home computer was hacked. The theft occurred at the end of March.
“My husband was on the computer and he’d just paid a credit card bill,” Nickie Siracusano said. “A pop-up that said PC Shields came up on the screen. [...]
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By Alan J. Liddle
WASHINGTON (April 1, 2010) Albert Gonzalez, the mastermind of payment card data thefts from Boston Market and Dave & Buster’s and a participant in the hack of a credit transaction processor serving thousands of restaurants, has been sentenced to two 20-year prison terms, the U.S. Justice Department said.
In a separate [...]
by Amy Fontinelle @ investopedia.com
Debit card fraud occurs when a criminal gains access to your debit card number and, in some cases, PIN, to make unauthorized purchases and/or withdraw cash from your account. There are many different methods of obtaining your information, from unscrupulous employees to hackers gaining access to your data from a retailer’s [...]
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There is a big misconception out there that PCI DSS compliance does not apply to us, we are relatively small company
The fact is PCI DSS must be met by all organizations that transmit, process or store payment card data. Also business owner want to know what is ROI on PCI compliance. [...]
