Botnet aims brute-force attacks at point-of-sale systems

A new malware threat scans the Internet for POS systems and tries to access them using common usernames and passwords.

Thousands of compromised computers are actively trying to break into point-of-sale (POS) systems using brute-force techniques to guess remote administration credentials.

http://www.computerworld.com/article/2489805/cybercrime-hacking/botnet-aims-brute-force-attacks-at-point-of-sale-systems.html