I thought this article from WSJ was going to be about the $100 million Square got from Kleiner Perkins but it's about the inherent security flaw in the hardware device that Visa-backed Square released onto the market. Looks like Verifone, who was smashed in the mouth by the JDL was right about Square...right from the beginning.
Stealing Money With Square
Wall Street Journal (blog) - - 36 minutes ago
Laurie and Franken discussed the vulnerability as part of a talk at Black Hat, the annual security conference in Las Vegas. They said the problem with Square is just the latest example of how credit-card technology is vulnerable.
Black Hat: Square Credit-Card Reader Hacked!PC Magazine - - 14 hours ago
In a small press preview at the Black Hat conference they demonstrated that playing the credit card sound has the same effect as scanning the card with the Square reader. The researchers notified Square in February; Square responded that they see no ...
iPad Credit Card Reader Hacked As SkimmerInformationWeek - - 29 minutes ago
But speaking on Thursday at Black Hat, a UBM TechWeb event in Las Vegas, security researchers from Aperture Labs in England demonstrated a hack that criminals could use to convert skimmed cards into cash, via Square. "We were sitting in an airport ...
Researchers Discover How to Steal Credit Card Data Using SquareMashable - - 4 hours ago
Researchers attending the Black Hat security conference on Thursday demonstrated two ways in which Square — a mobile gadget that enables Android, iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch users to accept credit card payments — can be hacked to steal credit card ...
Mobile payment system Square can be hacked, claims researchersThe Sociable - - 3 hours ago
Two researchers attending the Black Hat security conference yesterday in Las Vegas have demonstrated a simple hacking technique that could allow unscrupulous individuals to purchase items using the mobile payment system Square and stolen credit card ...
Black Hat: Square Credit-Card Reader Hacked!PC Magazine - - 14 hours ago
In a small press preview at the Black Hat conference they demonstrated that playing the credit card sound has the same effect as scanning the card with the Square reader. The researchers notified Square in February; Square responded that they see no ...
iPad Credit Card Reader Hacked As SkimmerInformationWeek - - 29 minutes ago
But speaking on Thursday at Black Hat, a UBM TechWeb event in Las Vegas, security researchers from Aperture Labs in England demonstrated a hack that criminals could use to convert skimmed cards into cash, via Square. "We were sitting in an airport ...
Researchers Discover How to Steal Credit Card Data Using SquareMashable - - 4 hours ago
Researchers attending the Black Hat security conference on Thursday demonstrated two ways in which Square — a mobile gadget that enables Android, iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch users to accept credit card payments — can be hacked to steal credit card ...
Mobile payment system Square can be hacked, claims researchersThe Sociable - - 3 hours ago
Two researchers attending the Black Hat security conference yesterday in Las Vegas have demonstrated a simple hacking technique that could allow unscrupulous individuals to purchase items using the mobile payment system Square and stolen credit card ...
