This is a good, quick article from Wired in response to some recent news stories that the wireless carriers were trying to do an end-around on the credit card companies.  Some one finally got around to doing some actual investigation on what the carriers were doing and it’s not an end-around, Discover’s highly involved.
The article also talks about why the major card brands work and attempts at breaking the system and introducing a new model for credit cards (none of which have yet worked)…  Not really a security article, but …

Just got the January 2009 issue of Wired magazine and the first thing I notice is an article about the rise and fall of Max Butler - a hacker that tried to take over the ‘carder’ community.  Wired always does a good job writing these types of articles in a way that is engaging and it is a very interesting read.  I just looked and it’s not on the website, but if you pick up the hard copy, it’s in there…
I think it’s interesting that there are still people out …