{"id":350,"date":"2015-03-02T06:10:32","date_gmt":"2015-03-02T14:10:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sintelsystemspos.com\/?p=350"},"modified":"2015-02-26T13:10:54","modified_gmt":"2015-02-26T21:10:54","slug":"nordstrom-hacked-by-skimmer-scam-flim-flam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sintelsystemspos.com\/it\/nordstrom-hacked-by-skimmer-scam-flim-flam\/","title":{"rendered":"Nordstrom Hacked By Skimmer Scam Flim-Flam"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"136712593\"<\/a>We were intrigued by a recent blog post, “Nordstrom Finds Cash Register Skimmers,” on Brian Krebs’ Krebs On Security (KOS) website.<\/p>\n

The KOS blog points out that most scam artists who deploy debit and credit card skimmers target ATMs, but criminals may also use the inexpensive data storage devices, typically $30 to $40, to exploit modern-day cash registers.<\/p>\n

As the most recent news of this disturbing trend, KOS describes a report circulated by the Aventura, FL police about how suspects were seen on a Nordstrom security video tampering with registers and inserting hardware keystroke loggers between keyboards and the cash register terminals.<\/p>\n

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Your POS system is a gateway between a customer’s money (often their debit or credit card) and your cash register. Furthermore, a Sintel POS system extends beyond the cash register. Not just for processing transactions, it’s a valuable tool for strategic decision-making, customer relations management (CRM) and fraud detection.<\/p>\n

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According to the police memo, Nordstrom located a total of six devices attached to their registers. “The subjects would have planned to return at a later time to recover the devices and create fake credit cards for fraud.”<\/p>\n

Brian Krebs points out that scammers who use these devices on cash registers may not need to retrieve them, saying, “I found several of these hardware keyloggers that include 2 GB of storage and built-in wireless support that allows the devices to connect to a local wireless network and send email reports of the stolen data.”<\/p>\n

Be advised, Krebs also noted although the keyloggers seem designed for a keyboard, many retailer cash registers have card readers that will accept them as well.<\/p>\n

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Read the full Krebs on Security post\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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