The long sorted list of companies that have had their payment systems has added a new victim to it’s ranks. This past Friday the upscale Hutton Hotel, a stones throw from Vanderbilt University in Nashville, disclosed that their payment processing systems in their hotel had been compromised by ne’er do wells. I think we have […]
Chip-and-PIN cards are here to stay in the U.S. — despite some pushback from banks and retailers alike. While the switch means better protection for consumers and companies at point-of-sale (POS) terminals, there are new security threats on the horizon as scammers shift their efforts from brick-and-mortar stores to online transactions and more aggressive chip-and-PIN […]
Cyber-criminals must be feeling the need for speed by brewing up a new point-of-sale (POS) malware family called FastPOS that is much faster at snatching and disseminating stolen credit card information. FastPOS was discovered by Trend Micro researchers, who have also given it the fancier moniker TSPY_FASTPOS.SMZTDA, differs from other POS malware by immediately transferring […]
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