‘Dexter’ virus targets point-of-sale terminals

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‘Dexter’ virus targets point-of-sale terminals
Botnet	Dexter
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Date	2012 / 2012-12-28
Editor/Conference	Postmedia Network Inc.
Link	http://www.ottawacitizen.com/business/Dexter+virus+targets+point+sale+terminals/7702029/story.html www.ottawacitizen.com (www.ottawacitizen.com Archive copy)
Author	Vito Pilieci
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Abstract

“ Cyber criminals out to steal credit card data have found a way to insert a computer virus directly into the hand-held point-of-sale terminals used at merchants around the world.

The virus, dubbed Dexter, represents a new threat for consumers in the heavy Christmas shopping season.

Until now, getting consumer card information from point-of-sale (POS) terminals has generally been labour-intensive. Criminals have had to steal the units to extract the data, or hide devices designed to read a card’s magnetic stripe on or near the terminals.

Bibtex

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   editor = {Postmedia Network Inc.},
   author = {Vito Pilieci},
   title = {‘Dexter’ virus targets point-of-sale terminals},
   date = {28},
   month = Dec,
   year = {2012},
   howpublished = {\url{http://www.ottawacitizen.com/business/Dexter+virus+targets+point+sale+terminals/7702029/story.html www.ottawacitizen.com}},
 }