Point-of-Sale (POS) systems attract hackers due to the significant rich source of financial gains they can possibly achieve. Some hackers found ways to successfully exploit a POS firm that further targeted over 130 locations. A POS firm based out in Minnesota suffered a cybe...
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Introduction What do BlackPOS, Backoff, and Bernhard POS have something in common? They are all notorious POS malware. So how does malware work? POS malware will scan for active processes in your computer’s memory or RAM. It will then scrape or extract information out of the...
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There was a major breach at Tim Hortons location that affected almost 1000 stores as the virus damaged the cash registers. The POS system (POS) of over 160 Applebee’s restaurants were infected with malware to gain access to the customers’ names, bank card details, verificati...
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In the recent times we have seen how from Yahoo to Equifax the breaches even at the National Security Agency. The only thing that seems to be consistent is that the sophistication of these attacks are growing. Interestingly, the data exfiltration still remains a mystery as t...
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The holidays are around and it’s the season for shopping. So as the folks get on their plan to go around the world to spend the vacation and shopping, vendors need to keep their act together. To protect themselves and their customers’ details safe from cyber criminals....
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POS systems have become an integral part of many enterprises, especially for those who are into retail, hospitality, food service or similar business. These POS systems have not only replaced cash registers successfully but have simplified the entire accounting process and e...
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WannaCry, Petya, Heartbleed: Monitoring the developing rundown of worldwide cyberattacks resembles playing the computer games “Space Invaders”or “Galaga,” in which you endeavor to shoot down the virtual thieves before they squash you. Cyberattacks, ne...
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Cyber security experts have discovered a new banking Trojan that targets Android operating systems. The Trojan malware, dubbed Red Alert 2.0, has the capability to block incoming calls from banks, access and steal the contact list, control messages (access, send and block SM...
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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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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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