Tantalizing Clues in Dexter Malware Lead to Mystery Man…and Zeus

The article outlines the emergence of Dexter, a POS-targeting malware family that exfiltrates payment card data via memory-dump parsing and communicates with command-and-control servers; analyses from Seculert and Verizon report multiple variants, link Dexter infrastructure to Zeus-related domains, and estimate infections of hundreds of POS systems across retailers, hotels, restaurants and parking providers, while offering a possible lead on an operator handle tied to online accounts.