- Security
- By Ionut Ilascu
- April 24th, 2015
Malware Infects PoS at Another Bistro Burger Restaurant in San Francisco
Compromise extended over a period of two months
- Security
- By Ionut Ilascu
- April 23rd, 2015
Disregard for Proper Security Is the Main Cause of Card Data Breaches
Merchants and PoS vendors need a better security posture
- Security
- By Ionut Ilascu
- April 17th, 2015
NewPoSThings Mutation Infects 75 Point-of-Sale Systems
Punkey captures keystrokes, sends encrypted traffic to C&C
- Incidents
- By Ionut Ilascu
- April 9th, 2015
PoS System Compromise Suspected at Marriott, Sheraton Locations
Intrusion duration is estimated at 7 months, since July 2014
- Security
- By Ionut Ilascu
- April 2nd, 2015
PoS Malware NewPoSThings Gets New Version
Latest version includes some anti-debugging methods
- Virus alerts
- By Ionut Ilascu
- March 23rd, 2015
New Point-of-Sale Malware PoSeidon Exfiltrates Card Data to Russian Domains
Discover, MasterCard, Visa and Amex cards are targeted
- Security Blog
- By Ionut Ilascu
- March 20th, 2015
Card Data Breach Identified at LAX Airport Terminal
At least 19 individuals had their card data compromised
- Incidents
- By Ionut Ilascu
- March 10th, 2015
San Francisco Bistro Burger Compromised, Financial Info Exposed for Two Months
No complimentary identity protection offered to customers
- Security
- By Ionut Ilascu
- March 10th, 2015
Zoup Restaurant Breach Points to Compromise at PoS Vendor
The extent of the breach is unclear at the moment
- Virus alerts
- By Ionut Ilascu
- December 19th, 2014
AutoIt Script Loads New “Spark” Point of Sale Malware into RAM
Similarities to Alina and JackPOS identified
- Virus alerts
- By Ionut Ilascu
- December 2nd, 2014
New PoS Malware Mixes Code from Dexter and Chewbacca
Crooks quickly create malware to profit from holiday season
- Virus alerts
- By Ionut Ilascu
- November 27th, 2014
New DareDevil PoS Malware Also Infects Ticket Machines and Electronic Kiosks
Public transport ticket solutions in public areas targeted
- 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
- Security
- By Ionut Ilascu
- October 16th, 2014
FrameworkPOS Uses DNS Requests to Exfiltrate Data, Fails to Obfuscate Strings
New version of the malware delivered with faulty obfuscation