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Visa to introduce Credentials on File in India

Back in August of last year, India was the victim of a major data breach which resulted in the exposure of data for 35 million consumers, since then the Reserve Bank of India has updated its guidelines to mandate tokenization through Indian Merchants.
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iPhone 13 Pro iOS 15.0.2 Security Hacked

Every year the best hackers from all over China join a popular hacking event to showcase their best hacking capabilities. The event that goes by the name of Tianfu Cup, offers the opportunity for hackers to break into the latest devices and systems while using unique, never-seen methods.
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REvil Group behind Hong-Kong marketing firm ransomware attack.

Fimmick is a well-established Hong Kong marketing firm with office locations across China, they represent big clients such as McDonalds, Coca-Cola, and Shel. This firm has been the latest target by the known Russian ransomware organization which goes by the name of REvil.
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2021: Record-Breaking Hacking Attacks

A company’s worst nightmare consists of potential malicious threats and breaches to its customer database. Zero-day hacking attacks are done by outside parties by discovering and exploiting vulnerable software malfunction of which a vendor and his development team may not be aware.
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PCI DSS Mobile Payment

PCI DSS has announced that it will be improving its security standards concerning payments done through mobile devices. Currently, there are two separate standards mandates, the first being software-based and working around PINprotection (SPoC)
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Target Release Date set

The PCI council has been working hard to update and deliver a new version of the PCI DSS standard. Currently, the target date for the PCI DSS v4.0 release is estimated to be March 2022. This revision will be requesting for industry professionals to review and provide feedback about the draft before the final version is released in March.
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8 Digit BIN implementation

The PCI Software-Based PIN Entry on COTS (SPoC) Standard provides requirements for developing secure solutions that enable EMV contact and contactless transactions with PIN entry on the merchant’s consumer device using a secure PIN entry application in combination with a Secure Card Reader for PIN (SCRP).
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security requirements for PIN Entry

The PCI Software-Based PIN Entry on COTS (SPoC) Standard provides requirements for developing secure solutions that enable EMV contact and contactless transactions with PIN entry on the merchant’s consumer device using a secure PIN entry application in combination with a Secure Card Reader for PIN (SCRP).
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Payment security for small businesses

Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council (PCI SSC) has introduced a new payment security tool for small businesses. The payment security tool will protect the card data of PCI SSC customers.