Backoff Malware Is Spreading in Retail Systems

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“With enterprises now averaging more than three dozen infected IT devices daily and attacks by point-of-sale (POS) malware like Backoff rising by double digits, companies today need to “operate under the assumption they are in a state of continuous breach.” That’s one of the findings from enterprise security firm Damballa’s “Q3 State of Infections Report,” released today. During the third quarter of this year, global ISPs and enterprise customers saw a 32 percent increase in IT security events compared to the second quarter, according to the report from the Atlanta-based company. In particular, infections of the Backoff malware blamed for high-profile breaches at Target, Dairy Queen, Home Depot and Kmart rose by 57 percent between August and September, according to Damballa, while attacks in September alone rose by 27 percent”