Recently, a study conducted by TrustWave Global security indicates that retail industry has bagged the ‘most compromised sector’ label for the fifth year in a row. Obviously, the primary target is, as usual, the payment card data. Payment card data were stolen vi...
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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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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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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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Restaurant and Retailers are consistently harassed by cyber threats. Some of the top-notch businesses to mention are Target, Wendy’s and such brands have been the main targets of such humongous security breaches leaving the customer’s critical data at risk. Busin...
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A recent investigation on security breaches since mid-2016 was done by Verifone and was identified that the breach infected a huge number of business that used POS terminals for POS transactions However, the breach was limited to corporate network and there was no negative i...
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Security breaches are common in the retail industry these days. We hear of POS malware strikes and POS security breaches very frequently and now retail stores pay too much attention to data security. But ask security experts and analysts and they’d say that there are m...
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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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