Collaborate Disseminate
Some 20 hotels have been attacked by hackers who planted point-of-sale malware on their systems.
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Starwood, Hyatt, Marriott, and Intercontinental hotels across the country hacked. Continue reading 20 hotels suffer hack costing tens of thousands their credit card information
MICROS, the point-of-sale payment systems vendor owned by Oracle, has suffered a data breach, and there are indicators that point to the infamous Carbanak (aka Anunak) cybercriminal gang being the culprit. MICROS is one of the biggest PoS vendors in the world – its PoS systems are used by many companies in the retail and hospitality industry, such as Ikea, BurgerKing, Starbucks, Hilton, Hyatt, Accor Hotels, and many others. According to Brian Krebs‘s sources, the … More → Continue reading Oracle-owned MICROS PoS systems vendor breached
Cicis Pizza, a casual fast food restaurant chain, has acknowledged it suffered a payment card breach at more than 130 locations. On July 19, the restaurant chain informed its customers of the breach: “Cicis values its customers and respects the privacy of your information. As a precautionary measure, we want to inform you that your […]… Read More
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Researchers have identified an ongoing campaign that has infected over 200 point-of-sale terminals leveraging ‘PunkeyPOS’ – a malware variant first uncovered in April 2015. According to security experts at PandaLabs, the malware sample has been predominantly targeting US businesses – more specifically, restaurants. In a blog post, researchers explained PunkeyPOS, which originates from an older […]… Read More
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Criminals have updated the AbbadonPOS malware with the ability to search for known point-of-sale (PoS) processes, in its hunt for consumers’ credit card data.
Beware spammed-out poisoned Word documents, warns David Bisson.
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Criminals specializing in hacking hotel point-of-sale systems breeze past security. Continue reading Checking in with spear phishing, criminals check out with hotel credit card data
Criminals like to lurk in the shadows and silently steal money and information when it suits them.
Guest contributor David Share reports.
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Most alarming is not what’s new in Verizon’s 2016 Data Breach Investigations Report, rather what’s old and still causing chaos behind corporate firewalls. Continue reading Verizon DBIR Top Threats: Credential Theft, Phishing and PoS
Malware as a business model rests on two core tenets—the first is innovation. Malware authors are constantly innovating tools and techniques that allow their software to slip past network defenses, to brute force their way past weak authentication credentials, and to escalate local privileges—all in an attempt to counter the work of security personnel. Not […]… Read More
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