In September 2015, cyber security experts reported the discovery of a new sophisticated PoS malware called as – Trojan.MWZLesson, that was capable of launching DDOS attacks. Typical POS malware attacks POS hardware and software. However, this new strain was a mix of differen...
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A massive hack has taken place at Oracle Corp. Cyber criminals have successfully broken into hundreds of computer systems at Oracle Corp. What is known till now is that the hack has completely compromised the online support portal for MICROS customers. MICROS is a leading gl...
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Cicis Pizza has officially confirmed a data breach at 138 locations and it has published a Notice Of Data Breach on its website – http://www.cicis.com/news/data-notification-all – on Jul 18, 2016. Cicis Pizza is a fast-casual restaurant chain based out of Texas. Cyber...
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Here’s yet another incident of a POS terminal data breach caused by a POS malware. The Dallas-based Omni Hotels and Resorts has come up with a note of caution to its patrons informing them that its POS systems at some of its properties have been hit by malware. It...
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The Las Vegas-based Hard Rock Hotel & Casino recently came out with a statement notifying customers of a POS malware strike and a card data breach that might have occurred in its network, the second POS security breach to happen there. The statement, issued on June 27, s...
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Here comes a new POS malware, designed to hit Windows Point of Sale terminals. Point of Sale terminals rank among the all-time favourite targets for hackers and cyber-criminals. Reasons are of course obvious. Financial transactions, mostly through credit cards, take place in...
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POS Malware is a type of malware that targets POS payment acceptance systems to steal payment-related card data by scraping the device’s memory (RAM scraping), by screen capturing or by keylogging. The malware vulnerabilities in the POS ecosystem and infects POS termin...
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Here comes a new POS Malware, named the FastPOS Malware, which, as the name suggests strikes real fast. This POS Malware is fast in the sense that it snatches the credit card information fast and sends it instantly to the hackers. This new Point of Sale malware has been disc...
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How to Prevent Data Breaches due to POS Malware at Point of Sale Networks The point of Sale Networks has become a favorite target for cybercriminals. The seemingly less security and the abundant amount of sensitive card data available at POS machines has induced cyber crimin...
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It was recently that the Pennsylvania-based First Choice Federal Credit Union filed a class-action suit against fast food chain Wendy’s over a data breach, alleging that the data breach that happened at Wendy’s earlier this year will cost card issuers hundreds of...
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