The Malware That Duped Target Has Been Found

The malicious program used to compromise Target and other companies was part of a widespread operation using a Trojan tool known as Trojan.POSRAM, according to a new report released Thursday about an operation that investigators have dubbed Kaptoxa.

The malware is a memory-scraping tool that grabs card data directly from point-of-sale terminals and stores it on the victim’s own system for later retrieval.