404 for CostcoSetup at citi.com

American Express’ partnership with Costco is ending, starting on June 20, 2016. CostCo’s new partner will be a Visa from Citi.com. Today I received my new Citi card. The sticker on the card instructs the user to go to citi.com/CostcoSetup to activate the card. But when you visit the URL, you are presented the following …

Verified by Visa and arcot.com function like a man-in-the middle attack

If I didn’t know better, I would have thought that the Verified by Visa service offered by arcot.com was a man-in-the-middle attack that was poorly designed to look like a trusted service from Visa (my credit card) and USAA (my bank). Why your instinct should be to not trust arcot.com Here’s a few reasons why …