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posted by martyb on Tuesday December 08 2015, @08:57PM   Printer-friendly
from the bootkits-are-the-worst dept.

Security researchers at FireEye / Mandiant [say] "We identified the presence of a financially-motivated threat group that we track as FIN1, whose activity at the organisation dated back several years."

[...] "FIN1 used this malware to access the victim environment and steal cardholder data. The group, which may be located in Russia, is known for stealing data that is easily monetised from financial services organisations such as banks, credit unions, ATM operations, and financial transaction processing and financial business services companies."

[...] The malware's installation location also means it will persist even after re-installing the operating system, widely considered the most effective way to eradicate malware.

Can we all agree that updating firmware should require the movement of a physical jumper?


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday December 09 2015, @04:54AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday December 09 2015, @04:54AM (#273797)

    Even if it did, so what?

  • (Score: 2) by Tork on Wednesday December 09 2015, @05:12AM

    by Tork (3914) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday December 09 2015, @05:12AM (#273804)
    So don't retcon a definition into it. "Personally Own"... pssh.
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