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News The PayPhrase service, launched yesterday in the US, will see Amazon users able to combine a set of payment details - such as their credit card information and shipping details - and then name the data with a memorable... [30 Oct 2009]
Parking in the West End goes contactless
News Card issuers MasterCard and Visa already offer cards with wave and pay functionality included, while Barclays, an enthusiastic proponent of the tech, estimates all of its debit cards will be contactless by 2011. [29 Oct 2009]
ID cards: 10,000 Brits want to sign up
News Thousands of UK citizens have registered their interest in getting their very own ID card. According to the Home Office, to date 10,000 people have asked for further information on applying for a card... [19 Oct 2009]
Revealed: The anatomy of an internet scam
News Needless to say, after victims hand over their credit card details, at best they receive useless software or nothing at all, and at worst, they download themselves a wolf in sheep's clothing - malware purporting to be... [19 Oct 2009]
Tax-refund phishing scams hit an all-time high
News The scam emails tell the recipient they are due to receive a tax refund and then ask for bank account or credit card details. The number of scam emails offering fake tax refunds hit an all-time high last month. [16 Oct 2009]
How a tech 'watch list' can save CIOs from being caught out
News Who would have thought five years ago that cell phones would have 2MB data network connections for use by special mobile applications or that datacentre capacity would be available "on demand" over the internet and paid for by credit... [12 Oct 2009]
Online banking fraud rockets as fraudsters get smarter
News Losses from online banking fraud hit £39m in the first half of the year, despite a decrease in the overall amount of credit card fraud in the UK. The online fraud statistics go against the overall trend, which has seen a... [07 Oct 2009]
Hackers target fake ads to steal IDs
News Then, if someone falls for the ruse and provides credit card and other billing information, the scammers have sensitive financial data that can be used for identity fraud. Instead of hacking into major online sites to... [16 Sep 2009]
First ID card watchdog named
News The ID card that will be issued to UK citizens (photo credit: Home Office) The government has appointed its first identity commissioner to keep tabs on the UK's ID cards scheme. Sir Joseph Pilling will take up the... [14 Sep 2009]
Credit card hacker pleads guilty to fraud worth millions
News A 28-year-old Miami man who made millions breaking into computer networks and stealing credit card numbers pleaded guilty on Friday and agreed to forfeit more than $2.7m in restitution, as well as a condominium,... [14 Sep 2009]
Google Books beefs up privacy policy after criticism
News If users want to actually buy a book they'll need a Google account but Google will let users remove records of books they have purchased from their accounts and said it will not pass along information about specific books that were... [04 Sep 2009]
Barclaycard users tuck into pie charts with web banking overhaul
News Users will also be able to alert Barclaycard to when and where they will be abroad, to help ensure their card is not blocked while on their travels and to also guard against fraud.mybarclaycard will also feature a... [01 Sep 2009]
All change please: Your train ticket will never be the same again
News The Oyster card is England's biggest smart ticketing system (Photo credit: LoopZilla via Flickr.com under the following Creative Commons licence) Smart ticketing, where a ticket is held on a chip rather than a piece of... [20 Aug 2009]
Dell shows off prototype touchscreen mobile
News Reports from the China Mobile event, which introduced the mobile operator's Android-based Open Mobile System, say the Mini 3i was confined to operating on a 2G GSM network - with no wi-fi access - but had a three-megapixel camera,... [18 Aug 2009]
Largest hack and ID theft in US: Three suspects charged
News Formerly a federal government informant, Gonzalez also was arrested in New Jersey in 2003 on charges related to ATM and debit card fraud. Two Russians and a Florida man were charged on Monday with hacking into Heartland... [18 Aug 2009]
