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Skimming scares off cash machine users
News Lloyds TSB is installing anti-skimming devices on all its UK ATMs, as research reveals fraud is scaring people away from cash machines. In a skimming scam, fraudsters typically attach a device to the... [17 Mar 2006]
RFID credit card 'not a skimming risk'
News MasterCard has dismissed criticism its RFID-based PayPass credit card may be susceptible to skimming and interference amid retailer trials of the technology. Around 35,000 Commonwealth Bank customers in Australia are... [03 Jul 2006]
All US passports to be RFID chipped
News To address citizens' concerns about ID theft, the Bush administration said the new passports will be outfitted with "anti-skimming material" in the front cover to "mitigate" the threat of the information being... [26 Oct 2005]
Chip and PIN doesn't mean the end of the war on card fraud
News Martin McMillan, CEO of Level Four, a company that builds software and testing tools for ATMs, said: "Skimming is an altogether different but related problem. If you were to have a chip-only card,... [07 Feb 2006]
Citibank card fraud - magnetic strip to blame?
News The technique is known as skimming. Martin McMillan, CEO of Level Four, a company that builds software and testing tools for ATMs, said: "If you were to have a chip-only card, skimming would disappear. [10 Mar 2006]
UK suffering fraud boom-time
News Quinn added that when the research was done not all cash machines were using the chip and PIN technology, so this figure is expected to decrease in the second half of 2006, and the next step in beating the fraudsters is installing... [07 Nov 2006]
Sainsbury's banks £3.5m on ATM security
News The money will be spent on installing CCTV and introducing anti-skimming devices. ATM skimming accounts for the greatest proportion of cash machine fraud in the UK. Because they still carry the magnetic... [30 Aug 2006]
Provisioning Content Distribution Networks for Streaming Media
White Paper This paper develops simple cost models for provisioning content distribution networks that use the simple and highly scalable bandwidth skimming protocol for streaming. New insight is obtained into how cost-effective... [21 Oct 2008]
Automatic Speech Recognition for Webcasts: How Good Is Good Enough and What to Do When It Isn't
White Paper One challenge to skimming and browsing through such archives is the lack of text transcripts of the webcast's audio channel. The increased availability of broadband connections has recently led to an increase in the use... [13 Dec 2008]
Unplugging the Credit Card Terminal: Using Latest Wireless Technology to Lower Costs, Improve Security and Increase Efficiency in the Restaurant and Hospitality Industry
White Paper One type of scam called card skimming is a particular threat to restaurant owners. Traditional table service restaurants are a demanding and competitive business segment. Great service is critical with every single... [14 Jul 2009]
Robot guard dog invented to police Wi-Fi networks
News A strange two-wheeled creature was skimming through the halls of the Alexis Park Hotel, Las Vegas on Sunday - a robot that sniffs out network vulnerabilities. Created by two members of a loose association of security... [05 Aug 2003]
Turkey rolls out contactless payments
News MasterCard recently dismissed criticism that its RFID-based PayPass may be susceptible to skimming and interference, during retailer trials of the technology. Burger King and Starbucks will be the first retailers to... [21 Jul 2006]
Leader: Keep ahead of the fraudsters
Leader But the magnetic stripe isn't as secure as the chip - so experts are warning that counterfeiting techniques such as 'skimming' (where fraudsters make a copy of the code on a magnetic stripe) may still be with us for a... [07 Feb 2006]
£400m card-fraud fight aided by intelligence systems
News She said that while the industry was attempting to tackle new fraud techniques, people should be alert for card skimming and 'bin raiding' ID theft. UK credit card fraud has dropped for the first time in eight years to... [09 Mar 2004]
Banks fight e-fraudsters with two-factor authentication
News And Lloyds TSB is installing anti-skimming devices on all its UK ATMs. Banks are adding additional layers of security to lock out fraudsters from their online banking systems. One example is Barclays Bank, which is to... [05 Sep 2006]
