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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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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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 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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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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A sophisticated malware, identified as “Multigrain,” has been found to steal payment card data from point-of-sale (POS) stations. When a team of researchers at FireEye recently discovered this new type of POS malware, they found out that it had overlapping traits of a previo...
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US Retailers are now the target of the “TreasureHunt”, a malware that steals credit card details from point-of-sale (POS) systems. The malware targets POS systems that accepts payments through swiping of cards. It does not target newer payment systems that accept only chip-b...
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Adding to the list of POS Security breaches in the hospitality industry, a fresh credit card breach has reportedly happened at TheTrump Hotel Collection, linked to businessman and presidential candidate Donald Trump. It’s a string of fraud on customer credit cards that...
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Almost every company has a POS because it makes everything easier. You know that security is of the utmost importance, but may not realize that traditional security features won’t help and that your computer network (and POS) is still vulnerable to many online threats, inclu...
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