Hacking: Preventing Point-of-Sale Systems Intrusions (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781505341720)

Several major United States retailers have suffered large-scale thefts of payment card information as the result of intrusions against point-of-sale systems (smart cash registers). Point-of-sale attacks present a growing threat and can constitute a homeland-security problem due to a trans-national cyber crime element. This book presents results of a survey of point-of-sale intrusions that reached at least the start of criminal investigation. The survey showed that attacks were generally quite simple, and predominantly involved guessing passwords and subsequent installation of keyboard loggers. That suggests that countermeasures can be relatively simple although they must overcome organizational inertia. Our analysis leads to several recommendations to improve point-of-sale system security.

Author: Naval Postgraduate School
ISBN-10: 1505341728
ISBN-13: 9781505341720
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 12/03/2014
Pages: 60
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.36lbs
Size: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.12d