Dexter
Aliases: LusyPOS
- First seen
- 2012-12-01 00:00:00
- Malware type
- credential-stealer, virus
- Family
- Malware family
- Related IoCs
- 6 (2 malicious)
- Last IoC activity
- 2026-10-18 03:21:20
- Profile updated
- 2026-07-07 14:57:42
Targeted industries: retail-and-hospitality
Context
Dexter is a computer virus or point of sale malware which infects computers running Microsoft Windows and was discovered by IT security firm Seculert, in December 2012. It infects PoS systems worldwide and steals sensitive information such as Credit Card and Debit Card information.
Detection coverage
- 1 YARA rules
Detection rules
- MALPEDIA_Win_Dexter_Auto (yara-rule)
Reports & references
- securitykitten.github.io — Lusypos And Tor (report)
- malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de — Win.Dexter (report)
- contagiodump.blogspot.com — Dexter Pos Infostealer Samples And (report)
- trustwave.com — The Dexter Malware Getting Your Hands Dirty (report)
- Trend Micro — Infostealer Dexter Targets Checkout Systems (report)
- volatility-labs.blogspot.com — Unpacking Dexter Pos Memory Dump (report)