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  It is a common misconception that the POS or Point of Sale system performs only sales and return transactions. In reality, it does a lot more. Tracking inventory, expenses and scanning products for a systematic entry are just some of the basics performed by the POS. Today, every brick-and-mortar business, however small they may be must possess a POS to ensure that their operational workflows are seamless. BACKGROUND There are several input and output devices available to enable POS software functionality. These are operable across any modern landscape, be it a restaurant or a retail business in the forms of an iPad, traditional computer setup and anything that happens to be in between. In the end, the specific software is meant to align itself with the POS hardware to perform necessary tasks such as printing receipts through a printer, scanning the bar code through a scanner and accepting payments into the system through a card reader. If the customer is to scan a QR code, the...

  Several vulnerabilities across retail checkpoints are frequently accessed by unauthorised parties looking to steal information or payment card details. Security across the POS is pivotal to creating safe environments for customer transactions. One of the major concerns is a memory scraping POS malware where even some of the largest retailers have fallen prey to this stealing. However, the memory scraping software works when payment data remains unencrypted. In 2013, a Backoff memory scraper was against the Target Database to access around 70,000 accounts. POS systems come with a level of risk even with the presence of security. Attackers earmark usable systems that are vulnerable to automated outbreaks on their POS environments. There are infiltrations and aggregations where targeted systems are exploited through social engineering techniques. Data is then moved to another location with the target environment for accretion and then offloaded into an external space accessible by t...