Security News > 2020 > December > Security Issues in PoS Terminals Open Consumers to Fraud

Researchers are detailing widespread security issues in point-of-sale terminals - specifically, three terminal device families manufactured by vendors Verifone and Ingenico.

The issues, which have been disclosed to the vendors and since patched, open several popular PoS terminals used by retailers worldwide to a variety of cyberattacks.

Of note, the affected devices are PoS terminals - the device used to process the card - as opposed to PoS systems, which include the cashier's interaction with the terminal as well as the merchants' inventory and accounting records.

Researchers disclosed two security issues in these PoS terminals.

"In Nov 2020 PCI has released an urgent update of Verifone terminals across the globe," said researchers.

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https://threatpost.com/security-issues-pos-terminals-fraud/162210/