The Backoff malware continues to infect point-of-sale systems across the country. Companies that choose not to monitor their POS networks are at even greater risk. In the latest quarter, close to 1,000 businesses were victimized by the malware. Pushing back against Backoff and other malware means getting POS traffic off the perimeter and into the secure heart of company networks, where it can be monitored for suspicious activity. Many of these devices come from third-party vendors, none of which are security experts.”]
Source: https://securityintelligence.com/news/backoff-malware-backing-57-percent-increase-q3/