https://www.cyberscoop.com/fin8-tries-breach-u-s-hotel-new-malware-variant-researchers-say/
By Sean Lyngaas
CYBERSCOOP
June 11, 2019
A criminal hacking group tried to breach the computer network of a U.S. hotel
using a variant of malware the group had last deployed in 2017, according to
research from endpoint security firm Morphisec.
FIN8, as the financially-driven group is known, made several upgrades to its
ShellTea malware, aiming it at the network of the hotel between March and May,
according to Morphisec. Researchers believe it was an attempted attack on a
point-of-sale (POS) system, or one that processes payment card data. The
intrusion attempt was blocked.
In a blog post published Monday, Morphisec warned of the vulnerability of POS
networks to groups like FIN8.
“Many POS networks are running on the POS version of Window 7, making them more
susceptible to vulnerabilities,” wrote Morphisec CTO Michael Gorelik. “The
techniques implemented can easily evade standard POS defenses.”
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