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Malware Found in Multiple Checkers And Rally’s Fast-Food Locations
Checkers Drive-In Restaurants Inc. said malware was discovered and removed from its point-of-sale system at some Checkers and Rally’s locations. Checkers said 15% of its nearly 900 locations were affected. The timing of the malware exposure varies, with one Los Angeles location infected from Dec. 17, 2015 to March 26, …
Read More »POS Malware Strikes Again; 29% Choose A Check To Pay Taxes; Another Bank Adds Zelle
From Spear Phishing to POS Malware, a Security Expert Lays Out His Six Most Worrisome Threats
Malicious attacks on payments systems come in a bewildering array of shapes and sizes, making it a nettlesome problem figuring out which types of attack require the most defensive resources. Yet, the stakes could be highest in the United States, where the average cost per breach, at $225, is one …
Read More »Chili’s Reports Malware-Related Data Compromise at Company-Owned Restaurants
An undetermined number of Chili’s Grill and Bar restaurants sustained a data breach in March and April, Chili’s parent company Brinker International Inc. reported over the weekend. Dallas-based Brinker divulged few details in a Saturday post on the Chili’s Web site and in a new release the same day. It …
Read More »POS Malware Hides in Plain Sight; 18 Senators Vs. Jeff Sessions; Plus Weekly Recap
POS Malware Hides in Plain Sight; 18 Senators Vs. Jeff Sessions; Plus Weekly Recap from 2/16/18
The cryptocurrency Litecoin was still riding high Friday morning following a mid-week announcement that a new entity called LitePay Inc. will provide merchant processing in 41 countries, including the United States, starting Feb. 26. As of mid-morning, Litecoin traded at $220, up 38% from $160 at noon Tuesday. Also this …
Read More »A New POS Software Malware Strain Avoids Detection By Fitting in With the Crowd
A new point-of-sale software malware strain wants its victims to think it is a nondescript bit of code that computers and networks commonly use when surfing the Internet. Uncovered by investigators at Austin, Texas-based Forcepoint, a data-security services provider, the malware, dubbed “UDPos” by Forcepoint, attempts to conceal itself in …
Read More »Eye on Security: Data Breaches up 35%; Malware Hits Kmart
By Jim Daly@DTPaymentNews The number of data breaches tracked by the Identity Theft Resource Center in 2017 hit 698 as of May 30, a 35.3% increase over the record pace of a year ago when the ITRC flagged 516 breaches in 2016’s first five months. The San Diego-based nonprofit monitors …
Read More »The New MajikPOS Malware and other Digital Transactions News Briefs
• Merchant acquirer Elavon Inc. has appointed Jamie Walker chief executive officer. A 16-year veteran of U.S. Bancorp, which owns the processor, Walker was most recently chief administrative officer of the bank’s Payment Services division, and before that served as Elavon’s chief financial officer. • A blog post from data-security …
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