A special kind of malware has been hitting the headlines recently – that which attacks the RAM of Point of Sale (PoS) systems. Although it’s been getting quite a bit of publicity recently, we actually first identified it as a threat back in December 2009 and wrote about it in an article on Naked Security … Continue reading A look at Point of Sale RAM scraper malware and how it works
Hello friends... Nowadays e-Payment systems have become increasingly popular due to the widespread use of the internet based shopping and banking. The number of private and corporate transactions that are done electronically is growing rapidly. Malicious applications targeting online banking transactions have also increased dramatically in past few years. Worms, Trojans, viruses, phishing, pharming, spoofing, … Continue reading SECURITY ISSUES AND SOLUTIONS IN E-PAYMENT SYSTEMS
mobile wallets were first launched in Japan in July 2004 by NTT DoCoMo. Today, mobile wallets are a part of Japanese consumers’ everyday lives. They have been integrated into all kinds of daily transactions made on credit cards, keycards, transit passes, and identity cards, among others. This decade-old mobile payment ecosystem is now being introduced … Continue reading Mobile Wallets
In this world, which has become e-commerce and electronic transactions is an essential part of our daily lives, there is what causes constant anxiety and the threat of this technology .. The article contains the most important types of malware detected in E-Payment , E-Wallet and E-Commerce. POS malware is a type of malicious software … Continue reading TOP List of POS RAM scraper malware variants
MajikPOS (detected by Trend Micro as TSPY_MAJIKPOS.A). Like a lot of other PoS malware, MajikPOS is designed to steal information, but its modular approach in execution makes it distinct. We estimate that MajikPOS’s initial infection started around January 28, 2017. While other PoS malware FastPOS (its updated version), Gorynych and ModPOS also feature multiple components with entirely different functions like keylogging, … Continue reading MajikPOS Combines 2017 PoS Malware and RATs to Pull Off its Malicious Tricks
ModPOS is a new, very advanced malware framework targeting point-of-sale (POS) systems. Its name comes from the fact that it has a modular architecture, which uses packed kernel drivers that are challenging to detect. The modules that researchers have currently discovered include one for downloading additional components and uploading information, one for memory scraping and … Continue reading ModPOS Most Complex POS Malware Framework
Kuhook malware targeting Point of Sale (POS) systems designed to run on Microsoft Windows.
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