- 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
- Editorials
- By Ionut Ilascu
- August 3rd, 2014
PoS Malware Attacks Increase, Simple Solutions Could Stop Some of Them
New point-of-sale malware relies on bots to infect systems
- 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
- Security
- By Eduard Kovacs
- May 13th, 2014
Arbor Networks Details POS Malware in Latest 2014 Threat Intelligence Brief
The Arbor Security Engineering & Response Team has compiled the 2014-6 report
- Security
- By Eduard Kovacs
- March 11th, 2014
Shady CDNs Responsible for Major Increase in Signed Malware Samples
McAfee has published a report for the fourth quarter of 2014
- Virus alerts
- By Eduard Kovacs
- February 11th, 2014
New POS Malware JackPOS Targets Companies in Canada, Brazil, India and Spain
Cybercriminals have used the threat to steal data from thousands of payment cards
- Virus alerts
- By Eduard Kovacs
- January 31st, 2014
Tor-Based Malware ChewBacca Used to Steal Card Data from POS Systems
Dozens of retailers from the US and other countries have been targeted
- Virus alerts
- By Eduard Kovacs
- January 29th, 2014
Two Pieces of Malware Used in Neiman Marcus Cyberattack
One of them was planted even earlier than July 2013
- Security Blog
- By Eduard Kovacs
- January 24th, 2014
FBI: POS Malware Crime Will Continue to Grow Reuters
In the past year, the agency identified around 20 data breaches involving such malware
- Virus alerts
- By Eduard Kovacs
- January 21st, 2014
Russian Man Admits Developing Malware Used in Target Attack
The 23-year-old says his creation is not intended for criminal purposes
- Weekly Roundup
- By Eduard Kovacs
- January 19th, 2014
Security Brief: POS Malware, Sabu’s Sentencing, RedHack Attacks, Hacked Fridges
The main stories between January 13 and January 19, 2014
- Virus alerts
- By Eduard Kovacs
- January 18th, 2014
Romanian Cybercriminals Launch “Decebal” POS Malware Written in VBScript
The threat is not detected by any of the antivirus engines from VirusTotal
- Security
- By Eduard Kovacs
- January 17th, 2014
Hackers Stole 11 Gb of Customer Information from Target’s Systems
Seculert researchers have investigated the cyber attack
- Virus alerts
- By Eduard Kovacs
- January 16th, 2014
POS Malware Made by Russians and Ukrainians Might Have Been Used in Target Breach
The attack on Target started with a compromised web server
- Security Blog
- By Eduard Kovacs
- January 13th, 2014
Besides Target and Neiman Marcus, at Least 3 Other US Retailers Were Breached Reuters
The other victims are said to have outlets in shopping malls
- Hacking News
- By Eduard Kovacs
- January 13th, 2014
Target CEO Confirms Hackers Installed Malware on POS Registers
The company explains why it took four days to alert customers
- Security
- By Lucian Constantin
- September 28th, 2010
