ATM hacks and POS security breaches have turned common. There were recent reports of ATM security breaches involving over 3.5 million debit cards in India, following which banks had to block cards. POS security breaches are frequently reported, mostly from the hospitality in...
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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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Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants has confirmed that a payment card security incident had occurred at more than 60 of its hotels and restaurants. POS malware had infected POS devices at these locations leading to a data breach that resulted in theft of customers’ paymen...
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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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The Millennium Hotels & Resorts (MHR) has possibly been hit with POS malware. MHR North America received a warning from the U.S. Secret Service that its POS systems had been breached and payment card data had been stolen. The breach had possibly taken place between early...
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Eddie Bauer, a major clothing retailer, is among the latest victims of point-of-sale malware attacks. The retailer has reported that more than 350 of its stores situated in the USA, Canada and other international locations had been hit by POS malware. The type of POS malware...
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The deadly ransomware is evolving, becoming more sophisticated and more deadly, more frequent,and spreading far and wide attacking servers, work stations, laptops, smartphones and other mobile devices. It’s business model is changing too, it is being offered as “...
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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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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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