- Virus alerts
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- February 26th, 2016
FighterPOS Malware Can Now Spread on Its Own
Brazilian POS malware gets worm-like features
- Advisories
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- February 20th, 2016
Fake Security Alert: No, This Guy Isn't Stealing Money from Contactless Cards
Facebook post triggers Internet mass-panic
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- December 24th, 2015
Some European PoS Payment Systems Fail Hard When It Comes to Data Security
PoS payment systems, predominantly in Germany, fail to protect the user's data, are vulnerable to fraud
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- December 8th, 2015
FrameworkPoS Malware Returns with a Frankenstein Version
New FrameworkPoS variant comes with a lot of dead skin
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- December 3rd, 2015
Operation Black Atlas Employs Shotgun Approach for Infecting PoS Devices
Operation uses a large collection of tools and techniques
- Virus alerts
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- November 24th, 2015
ModPOS Is a Sophisticated Criminal Malware Framework Targeting POS Devices
ModPOS was active since late 2013, currently undetected
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- November 17th, 2015
Cherry Picker PoS Malware Goes Undetected for Four Years
The malware cleans up after itself to avoid being detected
- Virus alerts
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- November 14th, 2015
PoS Malware Spread via Weaponized Microsoft Word Documents
Distributed via Word files and the Angler EK
- Data Breaches
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- September 29th, 2015
Trump Hotels Confirm Data Breach and PoS Malware Incident
Credit card data for Trump Hotels customers exposed
- Virus alerts
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- September 25th, 2015
Kasidet DDOSing Bot Adds Credit Card Scraping Capabilities
DDOS bot gets upgraded with PoS RAM scraping feature
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- September 18th, 2015
New PoS Trojan Can Download Other Malware, Launch DDOS Attacks
Trojan.MWZLesson is one of the most sophisticated PoS malware strands ever found, mixes code from different malware
- Security
- By Ionut Ilascu
- June 8th, 2015
New MalumPoS Malware Is Versatile, Can Be Configured for Any PoS System
Malware poses as NVIDIA service to avoid detection
- Security
- By Ionut Ilascu
- June 8th, 2015
Gift Shop PoS at Saint Francis Hospital Compromised
Gift shop clients asked to check bank account statements
- Security
- By Ionut Ilascu
- June 6th, 2015
Eataly New York Customers Affected by Card Breach
Compromise lasted for almost three months
- Security
- By Ionut Ilascu
- May 25th, 2015
New Point-of-Sale Malware NitlovePoS Sends Card Data via Encrypted Connection
Sneaky NitlovePoS poses as legitimate file, hides behind SSL
- Security
- By Ionut Ilascu
- May 9th, 2015
US Secret Service Alerts InterContinental Hotel Group of Data Breach
Workstation was infected through a malicious email
- Security
- By Ionut Ilascu
- May 7th, 2015
FireKeepers Casino Hotel Probes Potential PoS Compromise
PoS systems at on-premise businesses have been replaced