Extortionists hit US credit card firm

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Update: Credit card firm hit by DDoS
attack

Update: Credit card firm hit by DDoS
attack 09/22/2004 05:12 PM
Credit card processing firm Authorize.Net said today that it was the target of a large-scale distributed denial-of-service attack that had caused disruptions for customers.

US credit card firm fights DDoS attack

US credit card firm fights DDoS attack 09/24/2004 09:54 PM

Credit card firm at center of child porn
ring

Credit card firm at center of child porn
ring 01/16/2004 10:57 AM

Credit Card Fraud

Credit Card Fraud 06/14/2004 12:51 AM
My wife was hit by credit card fraud last week - somehow, someone managed to get her credit card number and used it to make charges to AOL - setting up an email account in my wife's name that even used our actual address, phone number etc. Register.com - two charges were made here which were subsequently reimbursed before we... (328 words)

Credit Card Caddy 0.1

Credit Card Caddy 0.1 06/06/2004 06:50 AM
A tool for setting and viewing options for paying off your credit cards.

The Credit Card Prank II

The Credit Card Prank II 03/22/2005 03:18 PM
credit card receipts with fake names .. The Credit Card Prank II .. signature verification

zug.com/pranks/credit_card
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Watch where you use your credit card!

Watch where you use your credit card! 03/20/2003 08:33 AM
Porn scams cost consumers 230 Million dollars. Nothing like Sex to spice up a story. Seems that a lot of...

Googling your credit card

Googling your credit card 08/04/2004 11:54 AM
Source: News.com - Simple queries using the Google search engine can turn up a handful of sites that have posted credit card information to the Web, CNET News.com learned on Tuesday....

I Want An Apple Credit Card

I Want An Apple Credit Card 08/06/2004 11:30 AM
The possibilities are endless for an Apple Credit Card and I can't wait to have one in my wallet. How about you? By Gregory Ng, Apple Matters (via MyAppleMenu)

credit card debt

credit card debt 06/06/2004 08:12 AM

e-credit-card-debt.com
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Is PayPal The Fifth Credit Card?

Is PayPal The Fifth Credit Card? 05/03/2004 01:45 PM
After working incredibly hard in the legal arena to make sure that they weren't declared a bank, PayPal is now doing much more to appear bank-like to websites that want to take transactions. They're implementing a series of web services designed to make it easier to incorporate a PayPal option for commerce sites, along with traditional credit cards. Of course, some are pointing out that the demand just isn't there for such things. The end-users don't see much benefit if the site already has a merchant account and can offer credit card payments. There isn't much of a benefit to end users to use PayPal when they can just as easily use a credit card. The only advantage is to sites that can't afford or don't want a merchant account of their own - and they're probably already using PayPal.

PayPal, The Fifth Credit Card?

PayPal, The Fifth Credit Card? 05/03/2004 06:01 PM
Not quite. But the popular online payment company's new Web services platform adds more detail to credit card purchases online.

UK credit card fraud down 8%

UK credit card fraud down 8% 03/08/2004 11:14 PM

maxed-out credit card

maxed-out credit card 11/02/2003 03:13 AM
"hot check" writing .. nathan newman .. Newman

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"credit card signature pranks"

"credit card signature pranks" 03/27/2005 04:45 AM

Catching the credit card thieves

Catching the credit card thieves 03/25/2005 09:11 PM
Curtis Poe got his credit cards stolen: This morning, I found out that thousands of dollars of charges had been made on two of my credit cards in the past two days. Now, the identity thieves are sitting in jail. This is how it happened. It involves identity theft, a careless thief, one pissed-off Ovid and lots of luck. Awesome!...

A credit card is enough for some online
U.S. pharmacies

A credit card is enough for some online
U.S. pharmacies 06/18/2004 05:02 AM
Philly.com - Fri Jun 18, 09:21 am GMT

Credit Card Breaches Not Only Old Hat,
But Also Declining

Credit Card Breaches Not Only Old Hat,
But Also Declining 06/22/2005 02:17 AM
In the wake of CardSystems outra geous 40 million customer data exposure and its seemi ngly quaint predecessors, the Monday morning quarterbacks are weighing to explain what we've all known for a while now: security breaches of this kind are nothing new, it's just that we're finding out about them more. In fact, the evidence shows that the incidence of credit card fraud is actually declining. Turns out that banks and merchants have been tackling this issue for some time, and actually reduced illegal credit card purchases by $100 million between 2003 and 2004. The industry still has a ways to go (after all, $788 million worth of fraud is still a serious problem), but at least there are signs of improvement. The same can't be said of identity theft, which the BusinessWeek story says is slightly on the rise and probably fueling the misperception about fraud in general. Of course, identity theft is a much more damaging crime with fewer solutions than a bunch of fake charges on your credit card. And, scammers don't need to swipe tons of data to cause widespread problems. Just a couple hundred thousand people's info will do.

Casio's Credit Card Watch

Casio's Credit Card Watch 06/13/2004 02:24 AM

Want to Charge It? You'll Have to Talk
to Your Credit Card

Want to Charge It? You'll Have to Talk
to Your Credit Card 05/19/2004 06:04 PM
A company has designed a credit card with an unusual security feature: it works only when it recognizes the voice of its rightful owner.

NEC Shows Off TV and Credit-Card Phones

NEC Shows Off TV and Credit-Card Phones 08/16/2004 04:22 PM
Extreme Tech Aug 16 2004 8:15PM GMT

Credit Card Fees on the Rise

Credit Card Fees on the Rise 05/26/2004 02:59 PM
New consumer report details skyrocketing credit card fees.

NEC's Credit Card Phone

NEC's Credit Card Phone 04/09/2004 03:55 PM
JOEL JOHNSON -- Don't get too riled up: this NEC N900 cameraphone is available only in China for now. Plus it can only be used with a headset, but that only makes the credit-card sized device a tiny bit less desirable. Read...

Sneaky Credit Card Tactics

Sneaky Credit Card Tactics 08/17/2004 09:04 AM
Keep an eye on your credit card issuers -- they may be about to raise your rates.

Want to charge it? Talk to your credit
card

Want to charge it? Talk to your credit
card 05/20/2004 09:50 AM
CNET May 20 2004 2:09PM GMT

Credit Card ID Theft Affects 180,000

Credit Card ID Theft Affects 180,000 04/14/2005 09:22 AM
180,000 individuals that used their MasterCard credit cards at Polo Ralph Lauren stores are being informed that they may have had their personal information compromised, British bank HSBC revealed on Wednesday. In particular, the theft seems to be limited to those carrying GM-branded MasterCards.

Credit card problems 'overstated'

Credit card problems 'overstated' 06/03/2004 08:05 PM
Concern about credit card debt is 'over hyped' and the UK is not up to its neck in credit card debt, says Mori.

Transform your phone into a credit card

Transform your phone into a credit card 08/03/2004 05:17 AM
The Star Online Aug 3 2004 9:16AM GMT

Capital One Sued Over Credit Card Ads

Capital One Sued Over Credit Card Ads 12/31/2004 02:16 PM
Reuters via Wired News Dec 31 2004 6:40PM GMT

Entering credit card numbers

Entering credit card numbers 02/10/2004 02:44 PM
Bruce Tognazzini writes in his Ask Tog column Top 10 Reasons to Not Shop On Line: "...Why can’t I input my credit card number the way it appears on the card? Why do I have to suck the extra spaces out, making it all but impossible to re-scan it for errors? We’re talking three spaces here, three bytes." (via Usability Views) I will quite often try to see if a credit card number field gives me enough room to enter it with spaces. If it does, I will then delete the spaces because I know so many places can't handle them. Any of you web programmers out there, tell me you couldn't write code to strip three spaces out of a credit card number? We're talking regular expressions 101 here. In a similar vein, I once asked a programmer I was working with to allow social security numbers to accept both no spaces or hyphens, and they told me the code to take hyphens out was easier than the code insisting the user enter it without hyphens....

Credit card hacking not hard

Credit card hacking not hard 06/24/2005 08:30 PM

New credit card faster than cash

New credit card faster than cash 12/18/2003 04:36 AM
Philadelphia Inquirer Dec 18 2003 3:54AM ET

Credit card details published on Web

Credit card details published on Web 07/05/2004 07:57 AM
It was five years ago today... 5 July 1999

Truly Unbelievable Credit Card Pranks

Truly Unbelievable Credit Card Pranks 06/22/2005 02:41 AM

Here’s a series of real life pranks by a guy from Zug.com who wanted to see just how important credit security was when he used his card at various stores and restaurants. He starts out slow - signing names other than his own, advances to wacky names like Beethoven, and even devolved into drawing ducks, hieroglyphics, and a little grid picture. None of it mattered. (The photos are hilarious.) Eventually he started signing blatant theft…

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A Different Kind of Credit Card
Statement

A Different Kind of Credit Card
Statement 04/30/2004 12:44 AM

Visa Toys With Credit Card Displays

"Visa International is experimenting with credit cards that include a small display screen where customers could view recent transactions, bank balances, or local currency exchange rates, says Deborah Arnold, Visa's vice president of global consumer strategies....

Visa expects to have produced working prototypes of the devices in about a year's time, Arnold says, although with security and other technology issues still to be ironed out, it's likely to be a few years before such cards become widely available. In addition, the LCD-like screens being used in early designs are too fragile for everyday use, Arnold says....

Another issue with the use of display screens on credit cards is cost-effectiveness, she says. 'It's all expensive--the cost of the battery, the display, hooking [the display] up to the chip. The initial cards with these displays are going to be very expensive,' she says....

Clearly, displaying personal account information on a card presents potential security concerns, and Visa is looking at technologies such as biometrics and passwords to secure access. Banks and end users will help to determine how much security is necessary, and certain information, such as points accrued through loyalty programs, might not need much protection, she says." [PCWorld.com]

An interesting idea, and you have to wonder if these catch on someday, will patrons expect to be able to read their library cards, too? Could be kind of handy to be able to whip out your library card and see which items you have checked out and when they're due.

Hackers hit credit card company

Hackers hit credit card company 09/23/2004 10:56 AM

Wave the Card for Instant Credit

Wave the Card for Instant Credit 12/15/2003 05:51 AM
Credit card companies want to make spending even easier: They are testing a new 'contactless' credit card that charges an account when it's wafted past a special reader. Some experts warn security is the biggest obstacle.

NEC's credit card-sized cellphone

NEC's credit card-sized cellphone 11/04/2003 12:12 PM
NEC is coming out with a credit card-sized cellphone that is just 10mm, or four-tenths of an inch, thick. The N900 also has a built-in digital camera and will be sold initially in China with Southeast Asia and Europe to follow. Read [Via Picturephoning.com]...

Intuit warns of credit card risk

Intuit warns of credit card risk 07/14/2004 06:57 PM
Customers are told to watch their accounts closely after a PC containing personal data is stolen.
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