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The Brazilian threat actors behind an advanced and modular point-of-sale (PoS) malware known as Prilex have reared their head once again with new updates that allow it to block contactless payment transactions. Russian cybersecurity firm Kaspersky said it detected three versions of Prilex (06.03.8080, 06.03.8072, and 06.03.8070) that are capable of targeting NFC-enabled credit cards, […]
A Brazilian threat actor known as Prilex has resurfaced after a year-long operational hiatus with an advanced and complex malware to steal money by means of fraudulent transactions. “The Prilex group has shown a high level of knowledge about credit and debit card transactions, and how software used for payment processing works,” Kaspersky researchers said. […]
FIN8 hacker group is back with a new highly sophisticated variant of the ShellTea malware and carried out attacks against hotel and entertainment industry. This would be the first attack by FIN8 hacker group in 2019, and it is believed that malware was deployed as a result of a phishing attack. Researchers from Morphisec Labs […]
Did you patronize one of the Rally’s food joints and Checkers Drive-In restaurants since December 2015? Then this news is for you: The two drive-through food chains with 100+ branches in the United States had 15% of their cash registers infected by POS malware since late 2015. Customer information was harvested by the malware, with […]
Threat actors selling a new POS malware dubbed GlitchPOS aimed in exfiltrating the credit card numbers from Point-of-sale devices and retailers’ websites. Most of the POS devices running with Windows or Unix, GlitchPOS malware targets the windows variants. Security researchers from Talos discovered the distribution of the new PoS malware that hackers selling in the […]
A new unique PoS malware disguised as a LogMeIn service pack steals magnetic tape payment card data from a wide variety of companies starting from retailers to hotel groups. Security researchers from Forcepoint spotted an unusual heavy use of UDP-based DNS traffic requests generated by LogMeIn service pack leads to the discovery of UDPoS malware […]
Cybercriminals have found a new security flaw that they can exploit to install POS malware in Oracle Micros’ point-of-sale systems. Oracle has already issued updates for this problem. However, this will take months until the patch reaches the affected POS systems. For the time being, systems that have not been updated are vulnerable. In total […]
Sonic American’s Drive-In, a Pos malware affecting fast-food chain in U.S that operates around 3500 locations across the country. This breach affecting an unknown number of store payment systems and stolen Credit & Debit cards details are fired to underground online shops over a week for sales. Oklahoma City-based Sonic hits the breach at the initial level, multiple […]
Trend Micro has discovered a new PoS malware, tracked as MajikPOS, that is targeting business in North America and Canada. Security experts at Trend Micro have discovered a new PoS malware, tracked as MajikPOS, that is targeting business in North America. The experts explained that the MajikPOS has the same capabilities of any other PoS malware, […]
Clues reveal campaign has been active since mid-2015. Security experts from Anomali Labs have revealed they’ve detected new versions of FrameworkPoS, one of the oldest PoS malware pieces on the market, in attacks against US-based small businesses. According to telemetry data, the company says that the crooks managed to steal the Track 2 data from at […]
Malware uses clever trick to avoid detection. A new version of the NewPosThings PoS malware is using a clever technique to extract data from infected PoS terminals that almost no security solution monitors for malware activity. The NewPoSThings malware appeared many years ago, and for a long time it didn’t stand out in the crowd of […]
Security experts have warned US businesses which still haven’t invested in chip and PIN (EMV) readers to remain extra vigilant this holiday season, after revealing more details on a new Point of Sale (POS) malware. Although Pro POS was first discovered on underground forums late last month, Cisco’s Talos team has given it the once […]
VXers stuff evidence-purging malware in retailer stockings. Threat researchers are warning of two pieces of point of sales malware that have gone largely undetected during years of retail wrecking and now appear likely to earn VXers a haul over the coming festive break. The Cherry Picker and AbaddonPOS malware, exposed in the last week, are […]
Distributed via Word files and the Angler EK. Cyber-crooks are diversifying their activities by including as many threats as possible inside their malware-delivery campaigns. One such example is a campaign detected by Proofpoint, which saw a new type of PoS (Point of Sale) malware bundled with the Vawtrack banking trojan. This new PoS malware was named […]
Point of sale malware has gotten more sophisticated as we inch closer to the two-year anniversary of the Target data breach. Now, two weeks from the biggest shopping day of the year, two new and different strains of point of sale malware have come to light, including one that’s gone largely undetected for the past […]