restaurants

Malware & Threats

Issued by: Dark Reading

After days of outages, NCR Corp. has confirmed that its Aloha point-of-sale (PoS) software platform, used by thousands of restaurants across the US, was taken down by a ransomware attack on one of its data centers. The BlackCat ransomware group has claimed responsibility for the Aloha POS cyberattack. “Please rest assured that we have a…

Malware & Threats

Issued by: CIO Security

This malware attack starts with a fake customer-service call

Hotel and restaurant chains, beware. A notorious cybercriminal gang is tricking businesses into installing malware by calling their customer services representatives and convincing them to open malicious email attachments. The culprits in these hacks, which are designed to steal customers’ credit card numbers, appear to be the Carbanak gang, a group that was blamed last…