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It’s supposed to be the holiday season, but for a lot of businesses, the third quarter of 2015 looked more like the Apocalypse as the Black Atlas, a malware which steals payment card data, made its vicious attack across the United States.

However, cyber security experts have issued a warning that it is not just U.S. retailers who are at risk of security breaches but also those around the world.

According to Trend Micro, the malware has been around since 2015 with its operators using the shotgun attack, a process where they checked available ports as their point of entry, thus attacking multiple targets simultaneously all over the world. Although almost everyone has been advised to be vigilant, experts warned that small- and medium-sized businesses are the most prone since they don’t have the sophisticated security tools used by large companies.