Following the data breaches suffered by Target, Neiman Marcus and others Companies λιανικού εμπορίου των ΗΠΑ, το FBI προειδοποιεί ότι θα πρέπει να αναμένονται περισσότερες αυτού του είδους τις κυβερνοattacks.
In a three-page report sent to US retail companies, the FBI warns that "POS malware crimes will continue to increase in the foreseeable future, despite law enforcement and business actions security to mitigate it"
In accordance with Reuters , the report warns businesses about "memory configuration" malware specifically designed to infect point-of-sale (POS) systems. You will also hear it like RAM scraper after it intervenes in the memory to retrieve data and not to some recording hardware such as hard disks, etc.The fact that this malware is readily available, coupled with the great profit it can give to its owner, has attracted the attention of a wide range of people.
One of the pieces of malware mentioned in the FBI alert has been dubbed “Alina”. This threat includes a feature which allows cybercriminals to upgrade it remotely, which makes it particularly difficult for security teams.
In the past year, the FBI detected about 20 data breaches that involved malicious software.
