FraudNet is a cutting edge fraud-detection system that identifies fraudulent bill pay activity in real time using a complex set of algorithms. This state-of-the-art fraud-detection tool also helps credit unions meet FFIEC requirements to monitor suspicious activity on high-risk accounts.
SJM Online Gambling Software For Poker, Casino, Sports Betting, Fantasy SportsLina Wang
SJM is a B2B online gambling software provider based out of Macau. Specializing in MMOG software, they cater to clients interested in the online gaming industry with their innovative online gaming software. They provide for white labels, turnkey projects and customized development work.
They provide software for all channels, including downloadable, browser-based and mobile, too.
Here is what they offer:
1. Poker Software
2. Casino Software
3. Sports Betting Software
4. Fantasy Sports Software
5. Cricket betting Software
6. Bingo, Rummy, Backgammon and other games Software
Point of Sale (POS) Malware: Easy to Spot, Hard to StopSymantec
Most organizations worry that they will be the next company showing up on the evening news as the “worst data breach ever.”
The real concern isn’t if you will be breached, but when will you be breached—and if you’ll know it happened before you read it in the press along with your customers.
The cost of the breach is far more than lost revenue that has to be recovered; the real loss is in customer trust and loyalty.
Mistakes made by people and systems are the main causes of data breach. Together, human errors and system problems account for 64 percent of data breaches.
StealthWatch & Point-of-Sale (POS) Malware Lancope, Inc.
Retailers are under cyber-attack at an alarming rate. Day after day, we hear of another major national retail chain experiencing a colossal data breach.
Learn key concepts and techniques that will help you rapidly enhance your current cyber security efforts.
• Get a complete view what is currently happening in the retail industry
• Understand the concepts of NetFlow and how it can greatly enhance security efforts
• Learn how attacks are injected into the network from the POS system, and ways to detect and remediate these attacks
• Establish a means to recognize data exfiltration and learn techniques to prevent it
FraudNet is a cutting edge fraud-detection system that identifies fraudulent bill pay activity in real time using a complex set of algorithms. This state-of-the-art fraud-detection tool also helps credit unions meet FFIEC requirements to monitor suspicious activity on high-risk accounts.
SJM Online Gambling Software For Poker, Casino, Sports Betting, Fantasy SportsLina Wang
SJM is a B2B online gambling software provider based out of Macau. Specializing in MMOG software, they cater to clients interested in the online gaming industry with their innovative online gaming software. They provide for white labels, turnkey projects and customized development work.
They provide software for all channels, including downloadable, browser-based and mobile, too.
Here is what they offer:
1. Poker Software
2. Casino Software
3. Sports Betting Software
4. Fantasy Sports Software
5. Cricket betting Software
6. Bingo, Rummy, Backgammon and other games Software
Point of Sale (POS) Malware: Easy to Spot, Hard to StopSymantec
Most organizations worry that they will be the next company showing up on the evening news as the “worst data breach ever.”
The real concern isn’t if you will be breached, but when will you be breached—and if you’ll know it happened before you read it in the press along with your customers.
The cost of the breach is far more than lost revenue that has to be recovered; the real loss is in customer trust and loyalty.
Mistakes made by people and systems are the main causes of data breach. Together, human errors and system problems account for 64 percent of data breaches.
StealthWatch & Point-of-Sale (POS) Malware Lancope, Inc.
Retailers are under cyber-attack at an alarming rate. Day after day, we hear of another major national retail chain experiencing a colossal data breach.
Learn key concepts and techniques that will help you rapidly enhance your current cyber security efforts.
• Get a complete view what is currently happening in the retail industry
• Understand the concepts of NetFlow and how it can greatly enhance security efforts
• Learn how attacks are injected into the network from the POS system, and ways to detect and remediate these attacks
• Establish a means to recognize data exfiltration and learn techniques to prevent it
Ο Κωνσταντίνος Καβάφης γεννήθηκε στην Αλεξάνδρεια της Αιγύπτου στις 29 Απριλίου 1863 και είναι ένας από τους σημαντικότερους Έλληνες ποιητές της σύγχρονης εποχής. Σε ποιήματά του μιλά για την πόλη που γεννήθηκε και γι ‘αυτό συχνά αναφέρεται ως “ O Aλεξανδρινός’’. Δημοσίευσε ποιήματα, ενώ δεκάδες άλλα παρέμειναν ως προσχέδια.
Ο Κωνσταντίνος Καβάφης γεννήθηκε στις 29 Απριλίου 1863 στην Αλεξάνδρεια, όπου οι γονείς του, εγκαταστάθηκαν εγκαταλείποντας την Κωνσταντινούπολη το 1840. Ήταν το ένατο παιδί του Πέτρου- Ιωάννη Καβάφη και της Χαρίκλεια Φωτιάδης. Τα πρώτα παιδικά του χρόνια τα πέρασε στη γενέτειρά του, στην αριστοκρατική οδό Σερίφ, μέσα σ’ ένα πλούσιο περιβάλλον με Γάλλο παιδαγωγό και Αγγλίδα τροφό. Με τον θάνατο του πατέρα του το 1870 αρχίζει η παρακμή της οικογένειάς του. Δύο χρόνια αργότερα, η μητέρα του Χαρίκλεια Καβάφη υποχρεώνεται να φύγει από την Αλεξάνδρεια και να μετακομίσει με τα παιδιά της πρώτα στο Λονδίνο και μετά στο Λίβερπουλ.
Demystifying Attacks on Point of Sales SystemsSymantec
Cybercriminals have an insatiable thirst for credit card data. There are multiple ways to steal this information on-line, but Point of Sales are the most tempting target. An estimated 60 percent of purchases at retailers’ Point of Sale (POS) are paid for using a credit or debit card. Given that large retailers may process thousands of transactions daily though their POS, it stands to reason that POS terminals have come into the crosshairs of cybercriminals seeking large volumes of credit card data. Download our Attacks on Point of Sales Systems whitepaper for details on how POS attacks are carried out, and how to protect against them.
Ο Κωνσταντίνος Καβάφης γεννήθηκε στην Αλεξάνδρεια της Αιγύπτου στις 29 Απριλίου 1863 και είναι ένας από τους σημαντικότερους Έλληνες ποιητές της σύγχρονης εποχής. Σε ποιήματά του μιλά για την πόλη που γεννήθηκε και γι ‘αυτό συχνά αναφέρεται ως “ O Aλεξανδρινός’’. Δημοσίευσε ποιήματα, ενώ δεκάδες άλλα παρέμειναν ως προσχέδια.
Ο Κωνσταντίνος Καβάφης γεννήθηκε στις 29 Απριλίου 1863 στην Αλεξάνδρεια, όπου οι γονείς του, εγκαταστάθηκαν εγκαταλείποντας την Κωνσταντινούπολη το 1840. Ήταν το ένατο παιδί του Πέτρου- Ιωάννη Καβάφη και της Χαρίκλεια Φωτιάδης. Τα πρώτα παιδικά του χρόνια τα πέρασε στη γενέτειρά του, στην αριστοκρατική οδό Σερίφ, μέσα σ’ ένα πλούσιο περιβάλλον με Γάλλο παιδαγωγό και Αγγλίδα τροφό. Με τον θάνατο του πατέρα του το 1870 αρχίζει η παρακμή της οικογένειάς του. Δύο χρόνια αργότερα, η μητέρα του Χαρίκλεια Καβάφη υποχρεώνεται να φύγει από την Αλεξάνδρεια και να μετακομίσει με τα παιδιά της πρώτα στο Λονδίνο και μετά στο Λίβερπουλ.
Demystifying Attacks on Point of Sales SystemsSymantec
Cybercriminals have an insatiable thirst for credit card data. There are multiple ways to steal this information on-line, but Point of Sales are the most tempting target. An estimated 60 percent of purchases at retailers’ Point of Sale (POS) are paid for using a credit or debit card. Given that large retailers may process thousands of transactions daily though their POS, it stands to reason that POS terminals have come into the crosshairs of cybercriminals seeking large volumes of credit card data. Download our Attacks on Point of Sales Systems whitepaper for details on how POS attacks are carried out, and how to protect against them.
A RAM scrapping attack is a type of digital attack which implants malware in a point-of-sale (POS) terminal to steal consumer credit card information.
Nowadays, RAM Scrapping is known as a banking trojan.
SMS hashing system (Real-Time) for the reliability of financial transactionsIJRES Journal
The sole reason to go with this project is to increase the security for the people using ATM. Once the card and password related to it is stolen it might be a huge loss to the card holder, so to rectify this problem we are implementing this project. Now a day’s using the ATM (Automated Teller Machine) which provide customers with the convenient banknote trading is very common. In the recent times the cases regarding the illegal transactions has shown a considerable increase. How to carry on the valid identity to the customer becomes the focus in current financial circle. Traditional ATM systems authenticate generally by using the credit card and the password, the method has some defects. In recent years, the algorithm of fingerprint recognition has been continuously updated, which has offered new verification means for us. The original password authentication method combined with the biometric identification technology verify the clients’ identity better and achieve the purpose that use of ATM machines improve the safety effectively.
The recent batch of mega retailers that have been compromised, including Target, Neiman Marcus and Michaels, has revealed just how vulnerable payment systems are. Even with sophisticated tools, strong security policies, updated regulatory requirements such as PCI v3 and other measures to mitigate these attacks, hackers are still able to compromise the systems by taking advantage of inherent vulnerabilities in payment systems.
In this webcast, payment systems expert Slava Gomzin, author of Hacking Point of Sale: Payment Application Secrets, Threats, and Solutions, will show us how retailers such as Target were compromised, what went wrong, failures in PCI to address all vulnerabilities and how these types of breaches can be prevented in the future.
Webcast participants will also receive a free sample chapter of Slava’s book on “Payment Application Architecture,” which provides a detailed overview of how payment systems work, protocols and their weaknesses.
The personal and financial information of approximately 110 million Americans, comprising 11 GB of data, was stolen in a successful compromise of a retail giant during the 2013 Christmas shopping season. Equally concerning is that the attackers persisted – undetected – for as long as two weeks before the breach was discovered. What can retailers and other enterprises learn from this event? Join IBM Security experts on Wednesday, February 19th where we will share details on the anatomy of this breach and recommended steps to protect you against similar attacks.
View the full on-demand webcast: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/537536362
Protecting Your POS System from PoSeidon and Other Malware AttacksNetop
A Multi-tier, “Defense in Depth” Strategy for Securing Point of Sale Systems from Remote Access Attacks.
Retailers are being threatened by a new wave of malware aimed directly at point-of-sale (PoS) systems. A program called PoSeidon is being used by cybercriminals to steal payment card data from retailers. This whitepaper explains how PoSeidon works, and provides techniques that retailers and POS suppliers can use to protect themselves and their customers from this threat, and from other, similar attacks conducted through remote access software.
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1. Understanding the POS (Point-of-sale) Malware
POS (Point-of-sale) Malware and payment card data breaches
Payment card data breaches have become an everyday crime. Today’s attackers are using
Point of Sale (POS) malware (different families of POS malware) to steal data from POS
systems. Industries that use POS devices are the obvious a target or victims of these
attacks. Hospitality and retail companies are the top targets, hardly surprising as that’s
where most POS devices are used. But other sectors, such as healthcare, also process
payments and are also at risk.
What is POS Malware and how does it steal payment card data?
POS malware (RAM Scraper) is a memory-scraping tool that grabs card data stored
temporarily in the RAM of a POS system during transactions at point-of-sale terminals, and
stores it on the victim’s own system for later retrieval.
The payment card industry has a set of data security standards to ensure that all companies
that process, store, or transmit credit card information maintain a secure environment
known as PCI-DSS (Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard). These standards
require end-to-end encryption of sensitive payment data when it is transmitted, received or
stored.
This payment data is decrypted in the POS’s RAM for processing, and the RAM is where the
scraper strikes.
For the PCI DSS requirements and overview visit here
POS RAM Scraping
Payment card data structure:
The magnetic stripe on the back of a payment card has three data tracks, but only tracks 1
and 2 are used as defined bythe International Organization for Standardization (ISO)/
International Electro Technical Commission (IEC) 7813
PAN and Luhn:
The data track of payment cards’ content PAN (Primary Account Number) is anywhere
between 16 and 19 digits long and has the following format:
MIII-IIAA-AAAA-AAAC
2. The first six digits are known as the “Issuer Identification Number” (IIN). Its first digit is
called the “Major Industry Identifier” (MII). Major card networks—Visa, MasterCard,
Discover, JCB®, AMEX, and others—all have unique IIN ranges that identify which
institution issued a card. A: Account number can be up to 12 digits, C: Check digit calculate
using the Luhn algorithm. All the valid credit card numbers must pass this Luhn validation
check.
How POS RAM Scraping works
POS RAM Scraper basically uses the regular expression (regex) to search and gather (i.e. to
parse) Tracks 1 and 2 credit card data from the process memory space in RAM. The
following is an example to parse Track1 data:
^%([A-Z])([0-9]{1,19})^([^^]{2,26})^([0-9]{4}|^)([0-
9]{3}|^)([^?]+)?$
The regex may gather some garbage value from the process memory space of RAM
depending on its accuracy. To avoid garbage value parsed by regex, some POS RAM
scrapers implement Luhn validation to check the card data gathered.
When the credit card is swiped in the POS system, the data stored on the card is copied into
the POS software’s process memory space in the RAM temporary for authentication and
processing for transaction of payment.
Here is where the POS RAM Scrapers starts its work: It retrieves the list of processes that
are running on the POS system and searches each process memory for card data. It
searches each and every process’ memory and retrieves Tracks 1 and 2 card data as per the
regex.
POS RAM Scrapers Variants:
The earlier variants of POS RAM Scrapers only included the following basic
functions:-
Install a malware as a service
Scan POS system process’s RAM for credit card Track 1 and Track two data
Dump the results into a text file
The text file was then probably accessed remotely or manually
3. As the time passes, the POS RAM Scraper is targeting more large organizations and has the
capability of performing the following functions:-
• Networking functions (for exfiltration of stolen card data to remote server using HTTP,
FTP, Tor, etc.)
• Encryption ( encrypt the stolen card data before exfiltrating)
• BOT and Kill Switch operation (can receive the commands from C&C server including
commands for uninstalling the malware)
• Multiple exfiltration techniques
Challenges for the attacker:
The big challenge for attackers in successfully gathering the data is to infect the POS system
with POS malware. There are many techniques that can be used by the attackers to infect
the POS system:
• Insider jobs
• Spamming or Phishing
• Social engineering
• Lateral movement from existing infections
• Vulnerability exploitation
• Abusing PCI DSS noncompliance
• And many other techniques to infect POS systems
Infecting POS Systems:
Today, many organizations using POS systems have branches in different geographic
locations. In these situations, organizations have POS management servers which manage
all POS systems present at different geographic locations.
The main aim of attackers is to compromise this management server from where it can
infect all the POS systems at different geographic locations. The attackers can compromise
this server by understanding the organization’s network structures, finding the weakness
and gaining access to networks by using the weakness. This can be done by using the above
mentioned techniques for infecting POS systems. After gaining access to the network,
attackers establish the communication with the C&C server and will perform the
reconnaissance on the organization’s network and collect the information that will help them
compromise the POS management server. Once they succeed in compromising the POS
management server, they start infecting the POS systems managed by this server.
Attackers will also set backdoors so that a command for removing the malware from POS
systems can be issued by C&C server for removing all the traces of the infection.
4. Prevention steps:
Restrict remote access: Limit remote access into POS systems by third-party companies.
Enforce strong password policies: PCI Compliance Report says that over 25% of
companies still use factory defaults.
Reserve POS systems for POS activities: Do not allow staff to use them to browse the
web, check email, or play games.
Use two-factor authentication: Stronger passwords would reduce the problem, but two-
factor authentication would be better.