Have you ever felt uneasy when someone on the phone asked for your credit card security code? Your instincts were on target. Just as most people keep their Social Security and phone numbers close to ...

NEW YORK, Nov. 20, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Card-Not-Present (CNP) fraud is spiralling. It is projected to cost American banks more than $12 billion in 2025, up from $10.2 billion in 2024. This staggering ...

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In order to combat the rise of online credit card theft, several French banks are partnering with security company Oberthur Technologies to create a credit card with a security code that is constantly ...

Using payment cards with an embedded chip makes payments more secure in physical stores, but it’s still relatively easy for criminals to copy card details and use them online. Oberthur’s Motion Code ...

Cybercriminals running Magecart operations have added payment card skimming code to more than 17,000 domains with JavaScript files in misconfigured Amazon S3 buckets. Affecting this high a number of ...

New research reveals the ease with which criminals can hack an account without ANY of the card details Dubbed the Distributed Guessing Attack, the team from Newcastle University, UK, say it can take ...

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Beware if you’re paying your bills for local government services – the payment information you type into that web form may be heading straight to cybercriminals. Security experts at Trend Micro report ...

Credit card security codes are three-digit codes on the back of your card (four-digits on the front if you have an American Express card) used to verify that have the physical card. You typically ...