SC Magazine: Following on from high-profile attacks against US retailers Target, Nieman Marcus and Michaels Stores, McAfee Labs examined how many data breaches are being caused by relatively basic malware, often brought “off-the-shelf” on the black market.
“The breaches were unprecedented in numbers of records stolen, but what is even more notable is how well the malware industry served its customers,” reads the executive summary from the report. “The attackers purchased off-the-shelf point-of-sale malware, they made straightforward modifications so they could target their attacks, and it’s likely that they both tested their targets’ defences and evaded those defences using purchased software.
