When was the last time you upgraded your POS system? Maybe it’s time to do so. POS systems, since they were first introduced, have undergone a number of changes and the one that we have today is extremely business as well as customer friendly. So if your business does...
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POS systems have become an integral part of businesses across the globe as they not only help with billing but can also improve the overall efficiency of the business. But their immense popularity has made them a frequent target among the hacking community as well. The Targe...
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We use cards – credit and debit cards – for many types of online payments, to withdraw money from ATM machines, etc…, We use cards for both – card present transactions and card not present transactions. We present cards at shops, stores, restaurants, fuel pumps, hospit...
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Hackers love the hospitality sector for two main reasons. The hospitality sector uses plenty of Point-of-Sale (POS) systems and these are easy targets, and the numerous hospitality outlets offer plenty of targets. POS systems are used in numerous business sectors; however, t...
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If you had been to Chipotle Mexican Grill between 24 March 2017 and 18 April 2017 and paid with credit card, then you should immediately get a statement and check if there has been any fraudulent activity as regards your credit card. Chipotle recently announced that they hav...
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Buying and selling zero-day exploits had been common, for many years now. Hackers who do this had been doing it in the underground Dark Web (or darknet) marketplace, like for example, the Silk Road. In the recent past, some other such marketplaces too have opened up. Here...
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Mobile POS (Point of Sale), also referred to as mPOS, makes things easy for sellers as well as buyers. But if sufficient care is not taken while choosing a Mobile Point of Sale system and also in securing it from threats, then mobile POS could turn a big headache for sellers...
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POS security breach has sort of happened a routine affair now; every now and then we get to hear news of POS systems being hacked and data being stolen. There have been many instances of hackers getting away with personal data of thousands of people by means of targeting and...
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Cyber attacks on POS systems and POS security breaches at hotels have become a regular affair now; we get to hear every now and then of hotels and hotel chains getting hacked and data getting stolen. The latest we hear is the news of a POS protection breach at Hutton Hotel i...
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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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