PoSeidon Malware attacks Point of Sale credit card transactions

Point of Sale credit card terminals are under threat from a new malware named PoSeidon, thought to be more dangerous than the Zeus exploit kit that was used to steal millions of card details from Target customers.

According to The Register, PoSeidon works by infecting Point of Sale terminals and scraping their memory for credit card details. The captured data is then sent off to outside servers – many of which are hosted in Russia – where they are eventually sold on.

PoSeidon Malware attacks Point of Sale credit card transactions