Security firm Damballa issued the State of Infections Report Q3 2014 that highlights a 57% increase in infections of the notorious Backoff POS malware. Law enforcement fears an explosion of the number of infections worldwide, the US Secret Service estimated that as many as 1,000 US businesses may be compromised by Backoff malware. The malicious code was already used against major companies including UPS and Dairy Queen. Backoff is able to bypass anti-virus, IPS and firewalls that are adopted by almost every company.”]
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