Earlier this month, fast food chain Wendy’s discovered malware on the point-of-sale (POS) systems at more than 1,000 of its franchised US restaurants. Hackers were able to access customer credit card information, including the cardholder’s name, credit card number, expiration date, and verification code. Basically, everything a hacker would need to illegally use your card to make a purchase.
POS attacks aren’t new. One of the biggest data breaches in US history, the Target hack, exposed more than 70 million customer records to hackers, and cost the retailer’s CEO and CIO their jobs. At the time of the attack, it was revealed that the attack could have been avoided if Target had implemented the auto-eradication feature within its FireEye anti-malware system.
The reality is that most POS attacks can be avoided. There are many threats to your POS systems but there are just as many ways to combat these attacks. In this article, I’ll list six ways your company can safeguard against POS intrusions.
