Point-of-sale malware infections on the rise, researchers warn

[InfoSec News <alerts () infosecnews org>]

http://news.techworld.com/security/3492433/point-of-sale-malware-infections-on-the-rise-researchers-warn/

By Lucian Constantin
Techworld.com
05 December 2013

New attack campaigns have infected point-of-sale (PoS) systems around the 
world with sophisticated malware designed to steal payment card and 
transaction data.

Researchers from security firm Arbor Networks found two servers that were 
used to collect data stolen from PoS systems by variants of the Dexter 
malware and a similar threat called Project Hook.

Dexter and Project Hook are designed to steal Track 1 and Track 2 
information written on the magnetic stripes of payment cards when 
transactions are processed on the infected PoS terminals. Attackers can 
use this information to clone the cards.

The servers found by Arbor Networks were active at the beginning of 
November and the data found on them suggests that the Dexter campaign 
mainly infected systems in Eastern Hemisphere countries. The Project Hook 
malware infected PoS systems mostly in the U.S. and Europe.

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