Botnet aims brute-force attacks at point-of-sale systems

Computerworld Security: July 10, 2014
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Botnet aims brute-force attacks at point-of-sale systems

Thousands of compromised computers are actively trying to break into
point-of-sale (POS) systems using brute-force techniques to guess remote
administration credentials.
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A Russian man suspected of hacking into point-of-sale systems at U.S. retailers
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