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RawPOS: New Behavior Risks Identity Theft

  • Posted on:April 19, 2017 at 6:03 am
  • Posted in:Malware
  • Author:
    Trend Micro Cyber Safety Solutions Team
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Despite being one of the oldest Point-of-Sale (PoS) RAM scraper malware families out in the wild, RawPOS (detected by Trend Micro as TSPY_RAWPOS) is still very active today, with the threat actors behind it primarily focusing on the lucrative multibillion-dollar hospitality industry. While the threat actor’s tools for lateral movement, as well as RawPOS’ components, remain consistent, new behavior from the malware puts its victims at greater risk via potential identity theft. Specifically, this new behavior involves RawPOS stealing the driver’s license information from the user to aid in the threat group’s malicious activities.

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Tags: point of sale malwareRawPOS

One-Man PoS Malware Operation Captures 22,000 Credit Card Details in Brazil

  • Posted on:April 13, 2015 at 5:00 am
  • Posted in:Bad Sites
  • Author:
    Trend Micro Forward-Looking Threat Research Team
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We have been able to identify a new point-of-sale (PoS) malware family that has affected more than 100 victim organizations in Brazil. We have dubbed this new malware family as “FighterPOS”. This name is derived from BRFighter, the tool used by the author to create this new threat. This one-man operation has been able to steal…

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Tags: FighterPOSpoint of sale malwarePOS malware

NewPosThings Has New PoS Things

  • Posted on:April 1, 2015 at 2:11 pm
  • Posted in:Bad Sites
  • Author:
    Jay Yaneza (Threats Analyst)
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Arbor Networks initially posted about a new point-of-sale (PoS) malware family named NewPosThings last September, which we detect as either TSPY_POSNEWT.SM or TSPY_POSNEWT.A. We are now seeing new developments in this area—namely, versions for 64-bit and higher. The 64-bit version is out Similar to the previous 32-bit version reported last year, the 64-bit sample is…

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Signed PoS Malware Used In Pre-Holiday Attacks, Linked to Targeted Attacks

  • Posted on:February 16, 2015 at 1:04 pm
  • Posted in:Malware, Targeted Attacks
  • Author:
    Jay Yaneza (Threats Analyst)
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Last year, we detected some new PoS malware just before the holiday season.  At that time, we omitted mentioning one fact – that the file was digitally signed with a valid certificate. Our research shows that these attacks targeting PoS malware are growing in sophistication, with code signing and improved encryption becoming more commonplace. We were also able…

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Tags: APTpoint of sale malwarePOS

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