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How do I safely add a new credit card to Chrome?

February 10, 2022/in Computer Security

Like most major browsers these days, Google Chrome does offer the option to store your credit card information as one of its autofill options

Q: I would like to add a new credit card to my Chrome. In the past, this would be something I could save automatically after entering the information during a checkout, but is it possible to enter it without having to make a purchase first, so it’s there waiting for me when I need to use it? If so, how would I do this and is it safe to do so without making a transaction in the process?

— Ingrid G., Winter Beach

A: Like most major browsers these days, Google Chrome does offer the option to store your credit card information as one of its autofill options — which can also include items like passwords, addresses and more — prior to entering it live during an online purchase.

To do this, launch Chrome, then click on the Settings icon (the three stacked vertical dots located in the upper right corner of the browser window) and then click on “settings” in the menu that appears.

This will open the “settings” tab in Chrome. In it, click on “autofill” in the left-hand menu, then on “payment methods” in the main content well. This will open the “payment methods” subsection, which lists all the credit cards you have previously entered into the browser. Click on the “add” button found here to enter a new card and then follow the instructions on screen to complete the process.

After doing this, the option to use that card for payment on future purchases should appear during the checkout process. At that point, simply select it during checkout to use and finish your transaction as you normally would.

To have this new card available to you on other Chrome browsers you use — such as on an Android phone or on a work computer — you would need to create an account with Google first and then make sure you are logged into that account in Chrome prior to making a purchase.

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‘Use separate credit card for online shopping, transactions’

November 14, 2021/in Internet Security

Yeo Siang Tiong

KUCHING: Aside from having a security solution that can catch your accidental slips, it is also essential to revisit the card that you are using for online shopping as it will shape the possible losses a malicious link can inflict on your wallet, Kaspersky advises.

According to Kaspersky’s Southeast Asia general manager Yeo Siang Tiong, a credit card is not necessarily more secured than a debit card but disputes are easier to settle if a malicious transaction involves your credit card.

“Banks have insurance schemes and grace periods which allow you to alert them should you monitor a suspicious transaction, so be sure to keep an eye on your card’s balance and recent transactions list and to turn on transaction notifications,” Yeo said.

“With debit, the money loss will be pulled directly from your account. Meaning, it is your own money you are losing.

“And getting it back usually takes longer as compared with credit card – which you just don’t need to pay until the bank’s investigation is done.”

In addition, Yeo revealed that he is a believer of the additional security layer provided by a separate card which is meant only for spending online.

“In case of it being compromised, you can easily cut the card without affecting your main bank accounts.

“Just be sure that if you see anything suspicious, contact your bank immediately and try to cancel the transaction – the faster you do it, the better.”

He said that the same principle applies to having a dedicated e-mail for your online spending needs which severely limit the amount of spam messages you receive and significantly reduce the risk of opening potentially malicious e-mails disguised as sales promotions.

“It is also best to use a credit card with low limit, or you may also set the limit lower according to your spending pattern.

“This is to ensure that cybercriminals, in case they get their hands on it, can only use a limited amount, in turn not inflicting huge monetary impact on you.”

Yeo noted that though it will be easier if your card details are saved across all e-commerce platforms you’re using, data breaches should be enough to warn us about keeping our financial data more…

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Missouri offers credit monitoring to teachers affected by DESE data vulnerability

November 10, 2021/in Computer Security

Missouri is offering 12 months of free credit and identity theft monitoring to educators whose personal information could be at risk due to a vulnerability in a state website discovered last month.

At least three teachers’ Social Security numbers became vulnerable last month after data was accessed on the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE)’s website — which compiles teacher information that can be accessed by local school districts when verifying an educator’s certification. The last four digits of a person’s Social Security number can be used to identify an educator.

No misuse of information nor access to information outside of last month’s incident has been reported, according to DESE, but the option will be extended to approximately 620,000 current and former teachers whose data was included on the department’s website.

The services are expected to cost the state $800,000.

DESE and the Office of Administration Technology Services Division (OA-ITSD) will notify teachers whose information may have been at risk in the coming days.

“Educators have enough on their plates right now, and I want to apologize to them for this incident and the additional inconvenience it may cause them,” DESE Commissioner Margie Vandeven said. “It is unacceptable. The security of the data we collect is of the utmost importance to our agency. Rest assured that we are working closely with OA-ITSD to resolve this situation.”

Gov. Mike Parson said the information was accessed through a “multistep process” that decoded and converted the data. The Cole County prosecutor was notified, and the Missouri State Highway Patrol’s Digital Forensic Unit will conduct an investigation “of all of those involved.”

In a story, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch said one of its employees had “discovered the vulnerability in a web application” and notified DESE.

“The reporter did the responsible thing by reporting his findings to DESE so that the state could act to prevent disclosure and misuse. A hacker is someone who subverts computer security with malicious or criminal intent. Here, there was no breach of any firewall or security and certainly no…

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Hacker takes credit for 54 million T-Mobile data breach, calls security ‘awful’

August 27, 2021/in Computer Security

A hacker who claims to be behind last week’s T-Mobile data breach that compromised 54 million people’s personal data told The Wall Street Journal in a story published today (Aug. 26) that the company’s “security is awful.”

John Binns, a 21-year-old American living in Turkey, his mother’s homeland, told the newspaper that he found an unprotected T-Mobile router online in July, then used that to pivot on Aug. 4 into more than 100 servers containing personal data of current and former customers at a T-Mobile data center in central Washington state.

“I was panicking because I had access to something big,” Binns told the Journal in a conversation on the Telegram encrypted-messaging platform.

The Journal said it verified Binns’ identity with a series of personal questions, and said the Telegram account he used had provided details of the T-Mobile hack before they became publicly known.

Binns would not tell the Journal whether he had sold any of the data he stole, or if he was paid to attack T-Mobile.

This is T-Mobile’s fifth or sixth data breach in the past three years, depending who’s counting. With such a dismal track record, you might consider taking your business elsewhere if you value your private data.

At least 54 million people affected

The breach came to light Aug. 15 after a hacker offered to sell part of the data, pertaining to 30 million T-Mobile customers, for six bitcoin (about $280,000) in a cybercriminal forum. The Journal implied that the seller may not have been Binns.

More than 54 million current, former and even prospective T-Mobile customers were affected, most of whom had their full names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers and current or former addresses compromised.

Those four bits of personal information are often all that’s required to open an account in someone else’s name, and the affected individuals are at serious risk of identity theft.

‘Generating noise’

Binns told the Journal that he attacked T-Mobile with the purpose of “generating noise,” but added that he had been persecuted by U.S. government agents while he was in Germany. Binns sued the CIA, the FBI and other federal agencies last year, the Journal said, and the case is still active.

When the…

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