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n November 2015, Starwood Hotels and Resorts
confirmed it had fallen victim to a malware
attack that spanned eight months and involved
54 locations. Infiltrating its network via pointof-sale (POS) channels within the chain’s
restaurants and gift shops, the malware stole payment
card information, including card numbers, cardholder
names, expiration dates, and security codes.
Less than a week later, Hilton Hotels and Resorts
admitted to having suffered an almost identical
malware breach in its own POS systems. And both
entities are just the latest in a series of high profile
breaches that range from well-known corporations such
as Target to the U.S. Office of Personnel Management.
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No wonder companies are fearful of
becoming the next target, says Pedro
Bustamente, Vice President of Technology
at Malwarebytes. “Their worst fear is to have
a situation like a Target or a Home Depot,
where they have been breached, don’t
know about it for a long time, and all of a
sudden it comes out. Meanwhile, during the
dwell time, the infection gathered customer
information or internal information,”
Bustamente explains.
Out of all this chaos, one thing is clear: Antivirus
solutions, at least on their own, are no longer
effective in stopping cyber attacks.
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