Hackers are like gold miners. Once they find a rich vein for their malware, they mine it until it’s dry. Point-of-sale terminals are such a vein. Following the success of the Target breach in 2013, the hacker underground was quick to rush more POS malware to market. “Attackers have recognized that the physical point-of-sale terminal is a new viable soft target,” said Christopher Budd, threat communications manager at Trend Micro. “So we saw an increase in interest in malware that targets that.”
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POS Terminals Rich Vein for Gold-Digging Hackers
Posted by: John P. Mello Jr. January 28, 2015 07:32 AMHackers are like gold miners. Once they find a rich vein for their malware, they mine it until it’s dry. Point-of-sale terminals are such a vein. Following the success of the Target breach in 2013, the hacker underground was quick to rush more POS malware to market. “Attackers have recognized that the physical point-of-sale terminal is a new viable soft target,” said Christopher Budd, threat communications manager at Trend Micro. “So we saw an increase in interest in malware that targets that.”