---
title: "Potential threat: Flokibot, malware for PoS devices - The Indian Express"
url: "https://thecybersecurityplace.com/potential-threat-flokibot-malware-for-pos-devices-the-indian-express/"
date: "2017-05-22T05:51:16+00:00"
section: "Hardware/Network"
tags:
  - "Hardware Security"
  - "Malware"
  - "Ransomware"
  - "Trojan"
source: "indianexpress.com"
source_url: "http://indianexpress.com/article/business/banking-and-finance/potential-threat-flokibot-malware-for-pos-devices/"
---

# Potential threat: Flokibot, malware for PoS devices - The Indian Express

May 22, 2017 · Reported by indianexpress.com

![](https://thecybersecurityplace.com/portadas/2017/potential-threat-flokibot-malware-for-pos-devices-the-indian-express.jpg)

> In addition to hundreds of thousands of computers across the globe being affected by Wannacry ransomware in the past few weeks, an area of concern for the financial services sector could be a potential threat from a malicious software (malware) called Flokibot that could affect the integrity of the large network of point-of-sale (PoS) terminals. The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) had issued an alert about the malware back in February, and said that the trojan virus was capable of stealing the banking credentials of customers from PoS machines.

[Read the full article at indianexpress.com](http://indianexpress.com/article/business/banking-and-finance/potential-threat-flokibot-malware-for-pos-devices/)

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