Tag Archives: PCI Compliance

1/3 of Wendy’s Locations Compromised

Posted on July 12, 2016 by Carmelo

1,025 out of the 3,000 Wendy’s locations had malware on their Point-Of-Sale systems. Investigation has uncovered that infection and exfiltration of credit card information (names, numbers, expiration dates) going back to January of 2015. We believe this series of cybersecurity … Continue reading →

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PCI DSS Version 3.2

Posted on May 7, 2016 by Carmelo

PCI DSS 3.2 is officially published Here is the summary: Multi-factor authentication will be required for all administrative access into the cardholder data environment. The “Designated Entities Supplemental Validation” (DESV) – a set of steps that tell an entity how they can … Continue reading →

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Wells Fargo Credit Cards

Posted on May 7, 2015 by Carmelo

In order to meet tough sales quotas and unrealistic goals, credit accounts are (allegedly) being opened by Wells Fargo employees, according to the civil complaint filed by the Los Angeles City Attorney. The fraud complaint charges state that in order … Continue reading →

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PCI Professional Certification

Posted on December 17, 2014 by Carmelo

I got my PCI Professional Certification today.

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PCI ISA

Posted on December 2, 2014 by Carmelo

A couple of weeks ago, I took the training and test. I just got news yesterday. Yaay, Go me! I’ll get my PCIP as well, because, why not? Now onto my next certification.

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Payment Card Industry – Data Security Standard version 3.0

Posted on November 19, 2014 by Carmelo

I’ve been doing some extensive studying for the PCI DSS v 3 and there is a vast improvement on the requirements. There are 6 goals of PCI Remove sensitive authentication data and limit data retention. This milestone targets a key … Continue reading →

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Contactless Payment Cards Will Approve Foreign Currency Transactions of up to 999,999.99

Posted on November 5, 2014 by Carmelo

“With just a mobile phone we created a POS terminal that could read a card through a wallet,” explains Martin Emms, from the NewCastle University research team during the 2014 ACM CCS Conference held in the city of Scottsdale, Arizona, … Continue reading →

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McAfee Exec on Cybersecurity

Posted on October 25, 2014 by Carmelo

Watch the latest video at video.foxbusiness.com

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What’s New with PCI DSS 3.0

Posted on April 3, 2014 by Carmelo
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AAA: Getting Roadside Assistance from Tripwire

Posted on March 31, 2014 by Carmelo

There is this webcast tomorrow. Tim Masey, Director of Enterprise Information Security at AAA, will share his company’s PCI journey: beginning with a small implementation of Tripwire, then running into roadblocks by Management for the expansion of products, and eventually … Continue reading →

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