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Stealing payment card data and PINs from POS systems is dead easy

Network World

Many of the large payment card breaches that hit retail and hospitality businesses in recent years were the result of attackers infecting point-of-sale systems with memory-scraping malware. They typically run Windows and have peripherals like keyboards, touch screens, barcode scanners and card readers with PIN pads.

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Traveling (Part 2) - A Screw's Loose

A Screw's Loose

No matter where I am, it becomes much easier to find the numbers from the app (which will display the barcode if there is one to be scanned) then to have a keychain or wallet filled with all the different cards. Tags Applications. I store all of my hotel, supermarket, drug store and rental car numbers in it. Uncategorized. Innovation.

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