Stealing Credit Card information from POS

Stealing of Credit card information when used on the Internet is a known vulnerability. It had also been observed that certain criminals had bought credit card information by bribing the employees of merchant establishments or by stealing the POS swiping device itself. Some established bogus business by offering goods at low rates only to steal the credit card information. Now it has been reported that a virus named Dexter has been identified which resides in the point of sale equipment used by merchants which has the capability to steal credit card information. Details

About Vijayashankar Na

Naavi is a veteran Cyber Law specialist in India and is presently working from Bangalore as an Information Assurance Consultant. Pioneered concepts such as ITA 2008 compliance, Naavi is also the founder of Cyber Law College, a virtual Cyber Law Education institution. He now has been focusing on the projects such as Secure Digital India and Cyber Insurance
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