Cybersecurity researchers have spotted two strains of point-of-sale (POS) malware that are active in the wild and stealing people’s credit card information. So far, they’ve stolen more than $3.3 million worth of payment data, but given that the strains are active, that number is probably even higher by now. Cybersecurity researchers Nikolay Shelekhov and Said […]
Criminal hacking group FIN8, known for a flurry of attacks in 2017 followed by a period of silence in 2018 until re-emerging earlier this year, has recently carried out three attacks against point-of-sale (POS) systems, including two against North American fuel dispenser merchants, Visa Payment Fraud Disruption said. Visa said the attacks on fuel dispenser […]
Fast-food chain Wendy’s disclosed it was a victim of a point-of-sale system attack that installed malware on PoS computers affecting 300 franchise restaurants. The disclosure was part the company’s first quarter 2016 SEC filings on Wednesday and is the most complete account to date of a 2015 data breach. “In January, we began to investigate […]
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