The Merchant Account Blog posts about a new Visa Security Alert on its blog – These are typically posted at: http://usa.visa.com/merchants/risk_management/cisp_alerts.html, but this one does not appear to be posted yet.  I also received this alert early today via email as well.

This is one of the more detailed security alerts that I have seem, it includes a list of IP address to block, a list of malicious software and hashes to detect and a list of 5 mitigation strategies:

1. Configure firewalls to scan for – and block — the attached IPs
2. Utilize a Network-based Intrusion Detection System
3. Utilize a Host-based Intrusion Detection System
4. Properly Segment Network
5. SQL injection

Check it out here.

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