Seems that the threat of identity theft doesn't end, even with death. Identity thieves apply for millions of credit cards per year using personal information of the deceased, a study shows.

Payment card industry (PCI) compliance knowledge is sorely lacking among Australian companies and needs to improve before the next deadline later this year, according to Bridge Point Communications director, Tim Smith.

Armin Van Buuren is one of the world's most well-known trance music DJs. He also apparently has had his credit card details stolen.

CIOs are being warned to comply with new PCI DSS (Data Security Standard) regulations with heavy fines set to hit non-compliant companies from next month.

Visa Inc. last week sent a fraud alert to banks and payment processors warning them to look out for a "large batch settlement fraud scheme" involving a merchant account in East Europe.