RSA researchers uncovered the server infrastructure used in a global Point-of-Sale (PoS) malware operation responsible for the electronic theft of payment card and personal data from several dozen retailers, mostly based in the U.S. Infection activity has also been detected in 10 other countries including Russia, Canada and Australia. While the malware used in the operation is not new, RSA researchers discovered that, beginning October 25th, it had logged track 1 and 2 data of payment cards it had scraped from infected PoS systems.

The system will allegedly include supplying retailers with Kindle tablets and credit card readers.
Amazon will allegedly focus on small and mid-size retailers at first due to the complications of larger checkout systems already used at big-box stores.
As part of Amazon’s pitch, the online retailer might thrown in other services, too, such as website development and data analysis, sources said. When you have Amazon, a company that has an enormous reputation and immense brand recognition, approaching you about new ventures, it could be difficult for small business to say no. And because Amazon has credit-card information for about 230 million users, the company could create a mobile wallet solution to help speed up the payment process. Think of it as a one-click method, but in physical retail locations.

At one time the website accepted Liberty Reserve online currency, but shortly after federal charges against Liberty Reserve were made public in the Southern District of New York in May 2013, the fakeplastic website stopped accepting that currency and began accepting Bitcoin, a cryptographic-based digital currency. As set forth on the site’s “news” section, Bitcoin was viewed as a “safe” and “anonymous” method of payment for contraband.