Some companies put speed first, while others take a more tempered approach and pore over every detail before debuting their products. Charge Anywhere LLC dba Comstar Interactive is an example of the latter. "We thought it was important to have the solution in place first, and then go out with our great products," said Ken Racioppi, Vice President of Sales Operations for Comstar.Įven though Comstar has been operating since 1998, it remains one of the industry's quiet leaders. Racioppi and Comstar know there is only one chance to make a first impression, and the company prides itself on making it count. "That's why we have built a strong business foundation where the most important thing to us is making our products outperform our competition." "If your company is not easy to do business with, ISOs will just go somewhere else," Racioppi said. Got his hands on this Verifone Vx570 handheld payment terminal at a flea market.Today the company serves more than 350 banks, ISOs, MLSs and processors, and more than 13,000 active merchant subscribers who processed over $400 million via ComsGate Transaction Manager in 2006. It’s got a thermal printer, a magnetic card reader, and then there’s the big LCD screen and buttons. In other words, lots of parts for his hacking amusement. But first, he decided to take a look at the parts that went into the design. He carefully disassembled the device, documenting what he found along the way. He mentions that there’s a switch pressing against the underside of the LCD which disables the hardware when disassembled. So it sounds like he won’t be able to get it to work again (there’s a Lithium battery inside which we’d guess powers some type of hardware kill switch circuit). He posted an HD video of the tear down which we’ve embedded after the break. We find some of the design to be quite peculiar. Normally we have to walk us through design choices in his EEVblog hardware reviews. Since wasn’t able to provide that level of insight, we’d love to hear what you think each piece of hardware is for. Posted in Security Hacks Tagged handheld, payment, verifone, vx570 Post navigation Specifically, what’s up with that strange board shown at 1:51? Leave your comments, along with time-stamps from the video. I did a few CCTV installs a couple of years back and it was common for shops to have cameras over the checkout pointing directly down. The staff would make sure any cash handed over was in full view of the camera, but of course the PIN machine was as well. #VERIFONE SITE REPORT NAVIGATOR DOWNLOAD FULL# #VERIFONE SITE REPORT NAVIGATOR DOWNLOAD FULL#.
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