Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Visa Issues PIN Attack Security Alert

Visa issues two security alerts:
Personal Identification Number (PIN) Attacks - Reports from financial institutions involving PIN fraud have recently increased. Fraudsters are targeting the automated telephone banking or voice response unit (VRU) systems of financial institutions to change or obtain PIN information. After obtaining a valid PIN, fraudsters can then make unauthorized withdrawals at ATMs.

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Visa also issued  a "Packet Sniffing" security alert on February the 2nd.  Click below to open in PDF format:

Top Vulnerability—Packet Sniffing
- This update reflects the latest information from forensic investigations of data security breaches indicating an increasing prevalence of packet sniffers designed to intercept and collect cardholder data.

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to go to Visa's Security Alert page on their corporate website.




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