Google Secretly Tracks What You Buy Offline Using Mastercard Data

Over a week after Google admitted the company tracks users' location even after they disable location history, it has now been revealed that the tech giant has signed a secret deal with Mastercard that allows it to track what users buy offline. Google has paid Mastercard millions of dollars in...

Equifax Hackers Stole 200k Credit Card Accounts in One Fell Swoop

Visa and MasterCard are sending confidential alerts to financial institutions across the United States this week, warning them about more than 200,000 credit cards that were stolen in the epic data breach announced last week at big-three credit bureau Equifax. At first glance, the private notices...

MasterCard StartPath Insights - Customized SSL, Dangerous filesystem permissions, WebView code execution vulnerabilities

HackApp vulnerability scanner discovered that application MasterCard StartPath Insights published at the 'play' market has multiple vulnerabilities...

MasterCard Nearby - Certificates or keys found, Corrupted files, External URLs vulnerabilities

HackApp vulnerability scanner discovered that application MasterCard Nearby published at the 'play' market has multiple vulnerabilities...

MasterCard launches Credit Card with Built-In Fingerprint Scanner

MasterCard has unveiled its brand new payment card that has a built-in biometric fingerprint scanner, allowing customers to authorize payments with their fingerprint, without requiring a PIN code or a signature. The company is already testing the new biometric payment cards, combined with the...

Distributed Guessing Attack Reels in Payment Card Data

Academics at Newcastle University have proven that an attacker in possession of a minimal amount of existing information can, in an automated way, guess payment card data by exploiting weaknesses in online payment processes. The issue lies in the fact that the global payment system lacks a...

Massive ATM Hack Hits 3.2 Million Indian Debit Cards — Change Your PIN Now!

India is undergoing the biggest data breaches to date with as many as 3.2 Million debit card details reportedly stolen from multiple banks and financial platforms. The massive financial breach has hit India's biggest banks including State Bank of India SBI, HDFC Bank, Yes Bank, ICICI Bank and Axi...

MasterCard for You - BSD license, LGPL license, MIT license vulnerabilities

HackApp vulnerability scanner discovered that application MasterCard for You published at the 'play' market has multiple vulnerabilities...

MasterCard Elite SCG - Dynamic Code Loading, External URLs, Suspicious files vulnerabilities

HackApp vulnerability scanner discovered that application MasterCard Elite SCG published at the 'play' market has multiple vulnerabilities...

MasterCard Start Path Insights - External URLs, Native code usage, SD-card access vulnerabilities

HackApp vulnerability scanner discovered that application MasterCard Start Path Insights published at the 'play' market has multiple vulnerabilities...

MasterCard Commercial Network - Customized SSL, Redefined SSL Common Names verifier, WebView SSL handling enabled vulnerabilities

HackApp vulnerability scanner discovered that application MasterCard Commercial Network published at the 'play' market has multiple vulnerabilities...

MasterCard PayPass Locator - Customized SSL, Redefined SSL Common Names verifier vulnerabilities

HackApp vulnerability scanner discovered that application MasterCard PayPass Locator published at the 'play' market has multiple vulnerabilities...

MasterCard ATM Hunter - External URLs, Suspicious files, WebView JavaScript enabled vulnerabilities

HackApp vulnerability scanner discovered that application MasterCard ATM Hunter published at the 'play' market has multiple vulnerabilities...

Prepaid MasterCard - Exported ContentProvider, WebView code execution vulnerabilities

HackApp vulnerability scanner discovered that application Prepaid MasterCard published at the 'play' market has multiple vulnerabilities...

Russian ATM Hackers Steal $4 Million in Cash with 'Reverse ATM Hack' Technique

Russian hackers have discovered a novel technique to rip off Millions of dollars from banks and ATMs. Criminals in Russia used a technique, called “Reverse ATM Attack,” and stole 252 Million Rubles US$3.8 Million from at least five different banks, according to the information obtained by Russian...

Let's Take a Selfie to Shop Online With MasterCard

Difficulty in remembering complicated Passwords? Forget Passwords and Fingerprints now – and get ready to authenticate your online purchases with your SELFIES. MasterCard is experimenting a new app that would let you make online purchases by taking a selfie rather than typing a password, moving a...

Visa, MasterCard Remove Passwords from 3D Secure

Payment giants Visa and MasterCard announced plans to eliminate the need for password authentication in the companies’ respective “Verified by Visa” and “SecureCode” payment platforms which are designed to add an additional layer of security to online transactions. In a press release, MasterCard...

MasterCard Open Redirect

======================================================================= MasterCard - Open Redirect ======================================================================= Affected Domain : mastercard.com.au Local/Remote : Remote Severity : Very Low Vulnerable URL :...

Target finally Plans to issue Chip and PIN Credit Cards

The massive data breaches in U.S largest retailers 'Target', marked the largest card heists in the U.S. history in which financial credentials of more than 110 million customers were compromised, have forced the retailer to take step towards more secure transactions. The retailer company on Tuesd...

Outdated version of WordPress leads to MasterCard Hack

On tip of a readers, yesterday we came across a new MasterCard hack, performed by Syrian Electronic Army. Hackers was able to breach MasterCard Blog https://insights.mastercard.com and make a new blog post on the website with title "Hacked By Syrian Electronic Army" on January 5, 2013. For now...