Why follow PCI compliance standards?

Here is a reason: http://www.kvue.com/news/Lakeway-restaurant-customers-victimized-by-cybercrime-credit-fraud-138534759.html

Staples Cahier Skimming Cards

21 year old cashier at staples manages to skim customers credit cards lead to over $150k in losses. Another reason to keep control of your card and not let it out of your hands and sight.

http://www.thedailyscarsdale.com/news/mamaroneck-staples-cashier-charged-181k-fraud

Pay at the pump skimming

Pay-at-the-pump skimming attacks are definitely a growing concern in the credit card industry. With criminals moving from station to station skimming hundreds if not thousands of cards, gas stations are definitely a place you should use extra caution when using your card. Alpine's Pay @ the Pump program helps to eliminate this risk. Call us or check out our site to find out more

read more here: http://www.bankinfosecurity.com/articles.php?art_id=4448&opg=1

RFID the way of the future?

At a hackers conference recently a demonstrator showed how easy it was to pilfer RFID cards through clothing. Make sure that you are protecting you card information.

Check out this article to learn more: http://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2012/01/30/hackers-demo-shows-how-easily-credit-cards-can-be-read-through-clothes-and-wallets/

Fraud to watch for going into 2012

Alpine Payment Systems is back to back First Data Presidents Club winners. First Data released a great article today on the types of credit card fraud to look out for going into 2012. Seeing that there are so many cases of fraud popping up in the news we wanted to share this informative piece with you. Check it out:

http://www.ababj.com/briefing/combating-the-innovative-crook-2681.html

Another national restaurant chain looking at a breach of credit cards

This is a very small reporting; however, this is just the beginning. PCI compliance states that businesses must keep a secure firewall, given Big Al's had to make changes it’s a safe bet they were not compliant. If you do not know if you are, contact Alpine today!

http://www.abc-7.com/story/16600836/2012/01/25/fradulent-charges-appear-after-bonita-restaurant-hacked

Avoid Credit Card Fraud

The Dine Fraud Free program is a helpful way for businesses to eliminate the risk of credit card fraud. As a credit card user you may not always be able to avoid a breach as sometimes you don’t have much control of a business’s security measures. For situations such as this we wanted to share the article here which discusses some great ways to help prevent becoming a victim.

http://stupidcents.com/avoiding-credit-card-fraud/