eWeek: Online thieves are expanding their use of malware to steal credit- and debit-card information from point-of-sale systems, easily defeating many defenders’ uneven efforts to keep them out, according to a report released on May 12 by Arbor Networks, a network security firm.
While a variety of different types of malware are popular among digital thieves, most are not that sophisticated and could be detected by vigilant companies, the report stated. Yet, in many of the most public retail breaches, the attacker had access to the victim’s network for more than 100 days.