- Editorials
- By Ionut Ilascu
- November 16th, 2014
New Backoff POS Variant or a Fresh Malware Family May Emerge This Holiday Season
Cybercriminals could run new targeted attacks on retailers or rely on botnets to identify vulnerable payment systems
- Security Blog
- By Ionut Ilascu
- November 8th, 2014
Backoff POS Threat Continues to Grow
Retailers need to be extra careful in the shopping season
- Security
- By Ionut Ilascu
- November 4th, 2014
New Backoff POS Malware Variant Is More Difficult to Detect and Analyze
Authors drop command strings, C&C traffic is encrypted
- Security
- By Ionut Ilascu
- October 24th, 2014
Backoff POS Malware Infections Spike in Q3 2014
Visibility of network POS traffic leads to quicker detection
- Data Breaches
- By Ionut Ilascu
- October 11th, 2014
Backoff POS Malware Confirmed for Dairy Queen Breach, Almost 400 Stores Impacted
Company is confident that the malware has been eliminated
- Security
- By Ionut Ilascu
- August 29th, 2014
Backoff PoS Malware Impacts a Diverse Crowd of Businesses
Most victims are located in the US, but businesses in UK and Canada are also affected
- Security
- By Ionut Ilascu
- August 26th, 2014
Backoff PoS Malware Has at Least Eight Variants
Malware was detected prior to July 31 through signatures for other threats
- Security Blog
- By Ionut Ilascu
- August 23rd, 2014
Backoff PoS Malware Impacts More than 1,000 Businesses
Retailers are advised to evaluate their systems for signs of intrusion
- Security
- By Ionut Ilascu
- August 21st, 2014
Thousands Affected by "Backoff" PoS Malware in Mizado Cocina Payment System
First signs of infection were fraudulent card activity reports from clients
- Security
- By Ionut Ilascu
- August 21st, 2014
51 UPS Locations Hit by Point-of-Sale Malware
The recently discovered Backoff is very likely to be used by attackers
- Security Fixes and Improvements
- By Ionut Ilascu
- August 1st, 2014
New Point-of-Sale Malware “Backoff” Scrapes RAM for Card Data
Threat actors brute-force remote desktop login credentials