Security Alert: Credit Card hacked after using on iPhone (iTunes) for WhatsApp | Credit Card Hacking Incident for Smart-Phone based Application Shopping

Author: Zahir Hussain Shah, CISSP

Recently one of my colleague reported that his credit card got hacked and used somewhere in Europe, after he used on his IPhone for WhatsApp (http://www.whatsapp.com). Upon checking with local bank, they reported him that, numerous cases got logged recently for customers Credit Card hacking on Apple iTunes and these other application, which requires you to pay them online from a smart-phone.

This post is an informative post, once I will hear something about the root-cause or resolution to safely surf your card for these Apps, I will update this post.

Cheers!

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