Next-generation firewalls to protect POS machines from malware attacks

Many of the notable retail brands across the world have now become victims of point of sale (POS) security breaches focusing consumer payment card data. In majority of cases, reported in the US, UK, Australia and several Asian countries, POS attacks were due to malware infections.

During the last few years there has been a considerable increase in malware including Dexter, POSCardStealer, Alina, BlackPOS, ProjectHook, vSkimmer and others, experts say.

According to Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR), close to 200 incidents of POS intrusions has been reported in 2014. Another report quoting ABI Research saying that the total number of POS security breach incidents with data exposure will reach 600 by 2015 end.

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