During Thanksgiving holidays of November 2013, Target 's POS system was infected with the BlackPOS malware....

 

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During Thanksgiving holidays of November 2013, Target 's POS system was infected with the BlackPOS malware. It was not until mid- December that the mega-store named Target became aware of the breach in their security. The hackers were able to get into Target's systems by compromising a company web server and uploading the BlackPOS software to Target's POS systems. Required: In your opinion, how the chances of such attacks can be reduced? During Thanksgiving holidays of November 2013, Target 's POS system was infected with the BlackPOS malware. It was not until mid- December that the mega-store named Target became aware of the breach in their security. The hackers were able to get into Target's systems by compromising a company web server and uploading the BlackPOS software to Target's POS systems. Required: In your opinion, how the chances of such attacks can be reduced?

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First of all lets understand what is a BlackPOS Malware BlackPOS or Interprocess communication hook ... View the full answer