When compared to the financial damage a cyberattack can create, the cost of most crimeware-as-a-service (CaaS) offerings looks like a bargain, based on the prices listed in a "Hacking Menu" compiled by WatchGuard Technologies.
Omni Hotels & Resorts said guests had to physically present payment cards at one of its affected POS systems to be affected by malware stealing payment card information during a six-month period.
IBM's X-Force Research team reported that the GootKit banking trojan has recently received a facelift with the malware now being harder to spot and a lighter video-capture module.
The financial messaging cooperative SWIFT announced today that it hired two cybersecurity firms and also created a Customer Security Intelligence team in order to bolster cyber defenses, strengthen forensic investigations and promote information sharing.
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