A POS Breach Investigation

Dive into a comprehensive 50-minute conference talk from Bloomcon 2017 exploring the intricacies of a Point of Sale (POS) breach investigation. Learn about POS malware, RAM scraping techniques, and the structure of both enterprise and SMB retail networks. Discover essential information gathering methods, develop an effective investigation plan, and analyze program execution, services, and registry entries. Explore lateral movement detection through security event logs, account escalation indicators, and the significance of OBJECTS.DAT files. Gain insights into card obfuscation challenges, process creation analysis, timeline construction, and the examination of remote access logs. Enhance your cybersecurity skills with this in-depth presentation on investigating POS security breaches.

Intro
POS Malware
RAM Scraping
Basic Enterprise Retail Network
Basic SMB Retail Network
What information do we need?
Investigation Plan - Answers Now!
Program Execution - What's bad?
Program Execution - Prefetch
Services - Registry
Services – What's Bad?
Lateral Movement - Security Event Logs
Account Escalation - Security Event Log
OBJECTS.DATA
Card Obfuscation – RegEx Doesn't Always Work
Process Creation - Security Event Log
Timeline Analysis
Remote Access Logs - LogMeIn
Questions?