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Cybercrooks have created an improved version of the Dexter point-of-sale malware that's being blamed for slurping the credit and debit card details of holiday shoppers. A new version of Dexter, first discovered by security researchers Seculert about a year ago, has been planted on 31 infected point-of-sale terminals, located …

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  1. tojb
    Windows

    The only secure bank account is an empty one, with no overdraft facility.

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    1. VinceH
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      "The only secure bank account is an empty one, with no overdraft facility."

      Only if you can be absolutely certain the bank will not honour a payment and put the account into a (more expensive) unauthorised overdraft.

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  2. Peter Gathercole Silver badge

    Anybody know...

    ...whether the PoS tills run an embedded version of Windows, or one of the full-fat versions?

    Just curious.

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  3. Tromos

    PoS

    Aptly named.

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  4. Steve Davies 3 Silver badge
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    Cash rules

    Ok.

    No tracking,

    No 'you shopped at Subway. Perhaps you want this bag of dope?' adverts

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  5. Amorous Cowherder
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    "..a few theories about how the Windows-based malware is spreading."

    I no longer think POS stands for Point-Of-Sale, but Piece-Of.....

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  6. Victor Ludorum
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    I have an idea...

    I was troubleshooting some VPN issues a while ago, and when I reviewed the logs I noticed that there had been some access that looked like attempts to log in to a certain 'enterprise point of sale' system. Could this be related? Some retail systems might be set up for remote access with quite lax security?

    V.

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  7. hplasm
    Meh

    'Windows-based malware'

    This common phrase is due for it's own icon.

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  8. Identity
    Holmes

    Possible source of contamination

    "Hey, minimum-wage drudge, how'd you like to make a $1,000 just to slip this thumb drive in when no one's looking?"

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  9. codeusirae
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    Data is sent via FTP?

    "Data is sent via FTP to hosts based in Russia"

    Why is a POS system even able to FTP back to a server in Russia?

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