News broke yesterday that US restaurant giant Applebees had been infected with POS malware at up to160 locations, leading to the credit card data of customers to be breached. Giovanni Vigna, CTO and Co-Founder at Lastline commented below.
Lisa Baergen, Director at NuData Security Inc.:
“On the other side, to combat online fraudulent transactions after the credit card information has been stolen, businesses offering services in the card-not-present (CNP) channel need to identify customers using multi-layered technologies that include passive biometrics. This technology monitors the user’s inherent behaviour, making it impossible for hackers to replicate or steal.
Leveraging a fully integrated multi-layered security approach that includes passive biometrics is an effective way to make stolen information valueless to the hacker and help stop fraud.”
Giovanni Vigna, CTO and Co-Founder at Lastline:
In addition, the transaction pace for this type of businesses is particularly high, allowing the criminal to access a substantial amount of information.”
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