Vulnerable chips, weak pin codes

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Internet of Things devices
IoT devices have flooded the market, but in pursuit of the speed of new products, many companies neglect security. Criminals have put this “foresight” of manufacturers on stream. The black market sells many commercial tools for hacking and further monetization of arrays of almost identical IoT products. As a result, they are illegally connected to zombie networks for cryptocurrency mining, networks for DDoS attacks, or used for other types of hacking.

According to experts, hackers will resort to exploiting hacked IoT farms in 2019 to enhance their attack effect. The following will help protect yourself from this type of attack: employees of finland mobile database should change passwords, making them more resistant to hacking, close access to open network ports that are not used in IoT devices. Experts also recommend that as new IoT gadgets are connected to the network, they should be inventoried, identified, scanned in the network, and protected. It should be added that Internet of Things devices should be included in the vulnerability management program.

Criminals can use Europay, Mastercard and Visa (EMV) chip cards to infect POS terminals with malware. By infecting the terminals, hackers steal data from users' bank cards. For example, in 2017, a variant of the Neutrino Trojan was identified that is constantly being modified, changing its functions and distribution methods. In this way, it most likely tries to bypass security technologies that launch suspicious code in an isolated virtual environment, the so-called "sandboxes" with a short operating period.

Companies, especially retailers, should ensure that physical access to POS terminals is limited to authorized users with accounts, and disable USB connection methods whenever possible. Experts recommend enabling file system vulnerability monitoring on EMV-enabled POS machines, as well as conducting behavioral analysis of transactions to help identify unusual connection cases.