Security News > 2016 > December > PoS attacks: Undetected vulnerabilities lay in wait (Help Net Security)
2016-12-08 12:45
Attivo Networks issued a report detailing severe vulnerabilities in the nation’s POS systems that could lead to large breaches during the Holiday shopping period and on into next year. The report, based on primary research, shows how attackers are moving laterally undetected through networks, compromising asset management servers and then using them to plant malware on POS terminals for either timed or remote activation, creating the foundation for wide-scale credit card information theft. The lack … More →
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