McAfee: POS-centered attacks to continue in 2015
Vincent Weafer, senior vice president of McAfee Labs, once dubbed 2014 “the year of shaken trust,” for obvious reasons.
Minimizing breach damage starts with the POS
Target decision may create precedent for go-forward breaches.
Action Required – Paymentech terminal Netconnect gateway change requires payments software/hardware upgrade
Paymentech Terminal accounts processing over IP must updated their payments product before February 3rd 2015.
Retailers cannot stop breaches, but tokenization may ensure thieves leave empty-handed
The past year has been chock full of high-profile data breaches, between those at major retailers such as Target and The Home Depot and top hospitality brands like P.F. Chang’s.
Visa CEO talks about the ramifications of tokenization
Over the past year, tokenization has garnered a lot of steam in the payments industry as being a key component to better security and data encryption.
Datacap Releases Preliminary EMV Integration Guides
Datacaps Preliminary EMV Integration Guide is Now Available for Review
Customers feel the need to take security into their own hands
With the holiday season kicking off with Black Friday, many people are gearing up to spend big on gifts for friends, family members, co-workers and other loved ones.
A look at 4 retail breaches that happened in 2014
Many retailers are actively preparing for Black Friday weekend, which is just a bit more than a week away at this point.
The annual retail tech “freeze” is the perfect time to consider POS solutions
Just about one year ago, Target announced its point-of-sale systems had been compromised by fraudster, resulting in the theft of millions of credit and debit card numbers, as well as other personal details, ranging from names to addresses.
Two reasons why all businesses need a POS terminal
For some businesses, particularly small ones and startups, a point-of-sale system can be a major investment.
