POS
California duo charged with selling ready-to-hack Point-of-Sale systems to Subway branches
A pair of former Subway franchisees from California have been charged with cyberfraud against their former fellows.
The DoJ alleges they sold pre-compromised PoS systems that allowed them to plunder gift card credits from afar...
Point-of-Sale malware attacks – crooks expand their reach, no business too small
SophosLabs has been tracking a set of incidents involving Point-of-Sale malware.
The crooks have added a few tricks over the last 15 months.
Find out what's new, and why no business can "fly under the radar" of cybercrime...
Point of sale devices and Canadian banks targeted by Citadel malware variant
A new variant of the prevalent Citadel crimeware kit has been discovered to target Point of Sale (POS) devices. Find out more, in this analysis from SophosLabs expert James Wyke.
Men plead guilty to $10 million Subway restaurant hack
Two men have pleaded guilty to their part in a multi-million dollar scheme which saw the point-of-sale computers of hundreds of Subway restaurant stores hacked into, and the details of customers' payment cards stolen.
Four Romanians charged with multimillion-dollar hack of Subway, others
The US Department of Justice has indicted and arrested four Romanians for credit card fraud perpetrated against Subway restaurants and other retailers concluding a three year investigation. Looks like default/easily cracked passwords enabled another needless theft.









