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MajikPOS Combines PoS Malware and RATs to Pull Off its Malicious Tricks

Posted on:March 15, 2017 at 5:00 am
Posted in:Deep Web, Malware
Author:
Trend Micro Cyber Safety Solutions Team

We’ve uncovered a new breed of point-of-sale (PoS) malware currently affecting businesses across North America and Canada: MajikPOS (detected by Trend Micro as TSPY_MAJIKPOS.A). Like a lot of other PoS malware, MajikPOS is designed to steal information, but its modular approach in execution makes it distinct. We estimate that MajikPOS’s initial infection started around January 28, 2017.

While other PoS malware FastPOS (its updated version), Gorynych and ModPOS also feature multiple components with entirely different functions like keylogging, MajikPOS’s modular tack is different. MajikPOS needs only another component from the server to conduct its RAM scraping routine.

Posted on:October 5, 2016 at 8:47 am
Posted in:Malware
Author:
Trend Micro Cyber Safety Solutions Team

Most point-of-sale (PoS) threats follow a common process: dump, scrape, store, exfiltrate. FastPOS (initially detected by Trend Micro as TSPY_FASTPOS.SMZTDA) was different with the way it removed a middleman and went straight from stealing credit card data to directly exfiltrating them to its command and control (C&C) servers.

FastPOS was true to its moniker—pilfer data as fast as possible, as much as it can, even at the expense of stealth. The malware is a reflection of how PoS threats, though no longer novel, are increasingly used against businesses and their customers. As such, FastPOS’s update does not come as a surprise—in time for the oncoming retail season to boot.

Posted on:May 10, 2016 at 3:07 pm
Posted in:Malware
Author:
Trend Micro Cyber Safety Solutions Team

A multicomponent backdoor and point-of-sale (PoS) malware tandem can lead to stealthier and more flexible attacks. And these can pose greater threats to enterprises and small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs). Add another PoS malware to the mix, and you’ve got even bigger trouble.

Posted on:February 25, 2016 at 8:00 am
Posted in:Bad Sites, Botnets, Malware
Author:
Trend Micro Cyber Safety Solutions Team

Last April 2015, we talked about FighterPOS, a point-of-sale (PoS) malware that was used in a one-man cybercriminal operation to steal over 22,000 unique credit card numbers and affected more than 100 PoS terminals in Brazil and other countries. We recently came across new and seemingly improved versions of this malware. Among other things, FighterPOS now has propagation capabilities; meaning, it could spread from one PoS malware terminal to another that is connected to the same network and thereby increasing the number of potential victims in one organization.

Posted on:July 27, 2015 at 4:03 pm
Posted in:Malware, Vulnerabilities
Author:
Anthony Joe Melgarejo (Threat Response Engineer)

An attack aiming to infect PoS systems was found using the Angler Exploit Kit to push a PoS reconnaissance Trojan,This Trojan, detected as TROJ_RECOLOAD.A, checks for multiple conditions in the infected system like if it is a PoS machine or part of a PoS network. It then proceeds to download specific malware depending on the…

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