If you thought it could not get worse with all the tracking and personalization on the Internet, then you have just been proven wrong. According to The Wall Street Journal and other sources, both Visa and MasterCard are planning to tie credit card purchases with personalized online advertisement. What does it mean? You recently bought [...]

Categories: Spyware, The Web

I just tried to make a credit card payment at a merchants website that was using 2Checkout as the payment processor. The process on first glance looked like any other checkout process on the Internet. I first had to enter my personal information, and then on a second page my credit card number, verification code [...]

Categories: Security, The Web

Have you ever tried to make a payment with your credit card that is a bit on the high side of things but still well within your limit? I do that once a year when I get my hosting invoice from Wiredtree. Well, to be precise, Wiredtree tries to charge the card directly. Still, it [...]

Categories: ghacks

Google officially launched its new mobile service, eWallet on Thursday 26th May at a ceremony held in New York with its partners, the main one of which was MasterCard. This system enables users to turn their mobile phones into smart credit cards. Now you can make credit card transactions by just swiping their hand held [...]

Categories: Mobiles

Have you ever wondered how criminals who hacked, phished or stole Credit Card information sell them later on ? I mean, where would you go and sell the stuff and where would a buyer look to find it ? One possible way is to create a blogspot blog and sell it from there. Sounds to [...]

Categories: Security, The Web