POS security is not to be taken lightly; it’s directly related to the payment data security at any point of sale terminal. There are different methods used to steal payment data from POS terminals. These include malware attacks, skimming, tampering and of course using...
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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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SSL certificates are now increasingly used to secure websites and prevent theft of sensitive personal data. The tech-savvy may very well know what SSL certificates are, but for non-technical people SSL certificates may seem rather unfamiliar. What’s SSL Certificate? SS...
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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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Sophisticated Skimer Malware Attacks ATMs Subtly Cyber criminals have unleashed a more sophisticated version of the Skimer ATM infector that threatens the ATM security`s . The Skimer malware was first detected in 2009 and it is making a comeback with more disastrous effects...
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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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