Touted as a safer solution to magnetic stripe cards, it seems the chip-and-pin (or EMV) counterpart might not be as secure as we once thought. After retailers around the globe made the switch to the ...

We’ve been told that EMV (Europay, MasterCard and Visa) chip-equipped cards have an added layer of security, making them more secure and harder to clone than cards with only a magnetic stripe. But ...

A new study from Stevens Institute of Technology suggests your smartwatch might not be as secure as you’d think – and it might be giving away your ATM PIN code. According to the researchers, the ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- The FBI is warning of a potential ATM bank heist that could steal millions of dollars globally, and authorities now have good reason to believe the attack could be carried out ...

It sounds like something from an adrenaline-pumping spy thriller. You know, like Spy Kids 3-D. A new study from researchers at the University of California, San Diego, posits that thermal imaging ...

Instead of installing a `false front' card reader and monitoring users inputting their PINs via a video camera, Russian hackers have apparently started installing their own custom `sniffing' software ...

Security researchers are eager to poke holes in the chip-embedded credit and debit cards that have arrived in Americans' mailboxes over the last year and a half. Although the cards have been in use ...

A flaw in cash machine software is letting criminals withdraw money without using a bank card. Security firm Kaspersky Labs identified the problem, leading Interpol to mount a widespread investigation ...