The owner of the Holiday Inn and Crowne Plaza hotel brands has disclosed that payment card-stealing malware has struck about 1,200 of its franchisees’ properties. UK-based Intercontinental Hotels Group (IHG)…
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PCI Council Updates E-Commerce Guidance for Firms
Guidance includes best practice recommendations on encryption. By Phil Muncaster Industry body the Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council (PCI SSC) has updated its best practice guidelines for securing e-commerce…
Survey reveals annual fraud and cybercrime figures for first time
There were an estimated 3.6 million cases of fraud and two million computer misuse offences in a year, according to an official survey. The Crime Survey for England and Wales…
PayAsUGym hack exposes members' card details
Fitness website PayAsUGym has admitted that members’ financial details were stolen when one of its servers was hacked on Thursday. The discovery was made by security experts who found partial…
Home truths: Cyber threats hugely underestimated by over a third of Brits
Young people now equally as likely to fall victim to digital crimes as physical crimes, But 60 per cent of Brits wrongly think their home is more vulnerable to a…
Credit card numbers guessed in 'seconds'
Smart cyber thieves who query lots of websites at once can guess credit card numbers in a few seconds, suggests research. Security experts from the University of Newcastle found loopholes…