Threat Spotlight: Holiday Greetings from Pro PoS – Is your payment card data someone else’s Christmas present?

The post was authored by Ben Baker and Earl Carter . Payment cards without an EMV chip have reached their end-of-life. Point of Sale (PoS) malware, such as PoSeidon , has continued to threaten businesses. The news is continually filled with stories of payment card data being stolen through a breach in the company’s PoS system. From high-end hotels to large retail firms, threat actors are attacking PoS systems in the attempt to capture payment card data. PoS Malware is just another threat category that [...]

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