FighterPOS: a new one-man PoS malware campaign

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FighterPOS: a new one-man PoS malware campaign
Botnet	FighterPOS
Malware
Botnet/malware group	Point-of-sale
Exploit kits
Services
Feature
Distribution vector
Target
Origin
Campaign
Operation/Working group
Vulnerability
CCProtocol
Date	2015 / 2015-04-10
Editor/Conference	Trend Micro
Link	http://www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/us/security/news/cybercrime-and-digital-threats/fighterpos-one-man-pos-malware-campaign (Archive copy)
Author	Trend Micro Forward-Looking Threat Research Team
Type	Tech report

Abstract

“ This research paper offers a look into a one-man PoS malware campaign run by a prolific cybercriminal, “AlejandroV”. According to collected data, his PoS malware, dubbed “FighterPOS,” has hit 200 organizations across Brazil, Mexico, Italy, and the UK since early 2014 and has managed to scrape 22,000 credit card numbers within a month. AlejandroV does not only run his own campaign, but also sells FighterPOS to other cybercriminals in the underground forums. This “career change” seems surprising since our investigation has revealed that AlejandroV has a long history of carding and payment scams, taking both the role of malware developer and seller.

Bibtex

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   editor = {Trend Micro},
   author = {Trend Micro Forward-Looking Threat Research Team},
   title = {FighterPOS: a new one-man PoS malware campaign},
   date = {10},
   month = Apr,
   year = {2015},
   howpublished = {\url{http://www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/us/security/news/cybercrime-and-digital-threats/fighterpos-one-man-pos-malware-campaign}},
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