New "LusyPOS" Malware Uses Tor For C&C Communications

Dermot7 · Dec 3, 2014

By Eduard Kovacs on December 03, 2014

http://www.securityweek.com/new-lusypos-malware-uses-tor-cc-communications

A sample of a new piece of malware designed to target point-of-sale (PoS) systems was submitted to VirusTotal a few days ago, according to researchers who analyzed the malware. Named "LusyPOS" by the researchers, they determined that the threat leverages some techniques also seen in other PoS malware.
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According to Nick Hoffman and Jeremy Humble, reverse engineers at IT solutions provider CBTS, LusyPOS uses the Tor anonymity network for command and control (C&C) communications, which makes it similar to ChewBacca, a piece of malware that was used earlier this year to steal personal and payment card data from several dozen retailers in the United States and elsewhere.
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