New malware 'Punkey' detected in new point-of-sale attack

A new advanced malware program targeting point-of-sale terminals is putting customer credit card details at risk, following a number of similar attacks already this year, reports Payments Source.

The latest strain of malware has been named Punkey, with an investigation by the U.S. Secret Service identifying evidence of compromised payment card information as well as more than 75 infected – and active – IP addresses linked to point-of-sale terminals running Windows systems.

New malware 'Punkey' detected in new point-of-sale attack