One-man PoS malware operation captures 22,000 credit card details in Brazil

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One-man PoS malware operation captures 22,000 credit card details in Brazil
Botnet	FighterPOS
Malware
Botnet/malware group
Exploit kits
Services
Feature
Distribution vector
Target
Origin
Campaign
Operation/Working group
Vulnerability
CCProtocol
Date	2015 / 2015-04-13
Editor/Conference	TrendLabs Security Intelligence Blog
Link	http://blog.trendmicro.com/trendlabs-security-intelligence/fighterpos-fighting-a-new-pos-malware-family/ (Archive copy)
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Type	Blogpost

Abstract

“ We have been able to identify a new point-of-sale (PoS) malware family that has affected more than 100 victim organizations in Brazil. We have dubbed this new malware family as “FighterPOS”. This name is derived from BRFighter, the tool used by the author to create this new threat. This one-man operation has been able to steal more than 22,000 unique credit card numbers.

Its creator appears to have had a long history in carding, payment scams, and malware creation; in addition we believe that this malware author acted independently and without any accomplices or associates. FighterPOS is not cheap. It is currently priced at 18 bitcoins (currently worth around US$5,250). However, its control panel is well-designed and it supports a wide variety of features that may be useful to attackers.

Bibtex

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   author = {},
   title = {One-man PoS malware operation captures 22,000 credit card details in Brazil},
   date = {13},
   month = Apr,
   year = {2015},
   howpublished = {\url{http://blog.trendmicro.com/trendlabs-security-intelligence/fighterpos-fighting-a-new-pos-malware-family/}},
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