- Incidents
- By Ionut Ilascu
- October 13th, 2014
Month-Long Breach Targeted Card Data of Kmart Customers
Company is quick at announcing customers of the threat
- 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
- Incidents
- By Ionut Ilascu
- September 26th, 2014
PoS Vendor Informs of Credit Card Breach Affecting 324 Restaurant Locations
Signature Systems responsible for the payment information leak at the 216 Jimmy John's sandwich stores
- Security
- By Ionut Ilascu
- September 9th, 2014
Home Depot Confirms Data Breach, BlackPoS Suspected
Mexico stores, online shoppers likely not impacted by the incident
- 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 29th, 2014
New BlackPoS Strain Disguises as Antivirus Service
Includes modified function for iterating running processes
- 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 Blog
- By Ionut Ilascu
- August 23rd, 2014
Credit Card Details of 900 Stolen from Otto Pizza in Portland
Only two locations were affected by the incident, home delivery customers unaffected
- 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
- By Ionut Ilascu
- August 18th, 2014
2.1 Million Stolen Credit Card Numbers Found on Seleznev’s Laptop, Bail Denied
Defendant pleads "not guilty" at the October 6, 2014 trial
- Security
- By Ionut Ilascu
- August 12th, 2014
Chicago Yacht Club Point-of-Sale System Compromised
There is no indication on the number of customers affected
- Security
- By Ionut Ilascu
- August 11th, 2014
Russian Point-of-Sale Hacker Pleads Not Guilty in US Court
Hacker is also accused of operating multiple carding forums
- 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 Ionut Ilascu
- July 9th, 2014
BrutPOS Botnet Scans for Weakly Protected RDP Servers
Eastern Europe cybercriminals brute-force their way into POS terminals