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New Spam Threat Aims to Hack PoS Systems Via Fake Resume Email Attachments
- Computerworld, Tuesday, May 26, 2015 12:26 PM
Researchers at the security firm FireEye have identified a new spate of spam that uses rogue email messages as fake job inquiries. The emails include fake resumes attached to them with Word documents that include embedded malware. If installed, the malware is used to steal payment card data from PoS terminals similar to Target and Home Depot's massive data breach. Researchers have called the new threat NitlovePOS.
