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The incident took place while the suspect was recording himself for a tutorial on how to bomb ATM (Automatic Teller Machines). In April 2021, the Dutch and German law enforcement authorities joined hands to create a joint investigation team (JIT) to take down an organized crime group known for targeting Automatic Teller Machines or ATMs. […]
These are bad news for cybercrime. Digital forensics specialists report that cybercrimes against banking institutions, such as hacking an online account or cloning credit and debit cards could take those responsible to jail for the rest of their lives, all thanks to a new bill in Philippines. Last August 28th President Rodrigo Duterte signed the […]
Bluetana takes 3 seconds to detect illegal card skimmers, unlike law enforcement agencies who can take up to 30 minutes for inspection. In 2018, the U.S. Secret Service estimated that every year, approximately $1 billion are stolen by crooks using card skimmers. This makes it over $350,000 every day and highlights the fact that it […]
ATM-Based cyber attacks are continually evolving with much more advanced methods and functions, attackers continuously employ the number of sophisticated malware families to trick the ATMs to dispense cash. The first ATM skimmer malware designed to launch an attack on ATMs was spotted 10 years before. From the time of discovery, it has evolved to […]
ATM Penetration testing, Hackers have found different approaches to hack into the ATM machines. Programmers are not restricting themselves to physical assaults, for example, money/card catching, skimming, and so forth they are investigating better approaches to hack ATM programming. An ATM is a machine that empowers the clients to perform keeping money exchange without setting […]
A 43-year-old software manager of a Chinese bank managed to withdraw over 7 million yuan (more than $1 million) from ATMs of the same bank by exploiting a ridiculous loophole. According to the South China Morning Post, Huaxia Bank’s system didn’t properly record the withdrawals made around midnight — allowing it to vend out cash without deducting the amount […]
The defendant must comply with a sentence of more than 10 years in prison A Chinese software manager was convicted of stealing around $1M USD exploiting a known vulnerability in the Huaxia Bank ATM system. According to network security and ethical hacking specialists from the International Institute of Cyber Security, the 43-year-old man worked at […]
On Wednesday, a group of ten individuals including the head of the group received a total of 30 years sentence. The group was involved in installation of card skimmers on gas pumps across five states in the US including main cities of Northeast Ohio. Through card skimmers, credit card detail of thousands of people was […]
Recent research revealed that most of the ATM’s around the world are vulnerable to compromise and cash out from the ATM by attackers within 30 min. Cyber criminals are using various sophisticated methods including physical access and remote access by compromise the bank network in order to steal the money from ATM. Recent ATM based […]
North Korean governments sponsored & worlds most famous hacking group HIDDEN COBRA using a new Attack called “FASTCash” to cash out from the ATM Machine by compromising the bank server. Attackers using a various mechanism to compromise and maintain the persistance in the victim’s network. In this case, FBI & DHS issued a serious warning about this cyber […]
The Cosmos Bank incident is the most recent event of its kind Just a few days after the FBI warned cyber security organization teams in banking institutions about an imminent massive ATM robbery, a group of hackers managed to extract $13M USD from the Cosmos Bank in Pune, India, using cloned debit cards over the course […]
Trend Micro researchers have discovered a malware listing on Dark Web marketplace that lets attackers steal from Bitcoin ATMs. They can easily rake in cryptocurrency worth 6,750 in Euros, Pounds or Dollars by attacking the ATMs. The listing was perhaps created on June 25, 2018. It is available at a whopping price tag of $25,000. […]
You are not alone; Visa payment network is down across Europe – The company says it is aware and working to fix the issue. If you are unable to process your Visa credit or debit card then you are not alone; Visa card payment network is currently suffering service outage throughout Europe. The significance of Visa service […]
This new ATMJackpot malware originates from Hong Kong. A new ATM malware has been identified by security researchers at Netskope Threat Research Labs. It has been dubbed as ATMJackpot (named after the technique called ATM jackpotting). Initial investigation revealed that the malware originated from Hong Kong while the time stamp binary is identified to be […]
In a joint operation, Europol along with the law enforcement authorities from Belarus, Romania, Taiwan, Spanish Police, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) have arrested an ATM hacker who happened to be the mastermind behind the large-scale cyber attacks against hundreds of banking and financial institutions around the world. More: Jackpotting attacks hit U.S. ATMs; spit out cash in seconds […]
It is just another day with just another ATM malware targeting unsuspecting users – This time, the malware comes with cloning capabilities. According to the findings of Kaspersky Lab researchers, an old point-of-sale malware program Prilex has now been transformed into a full-fledged tool suite that allows cyber-crooks steal PIN card and chip data for […]
Two Russian Hackers Charged with Running America’s Largest Credit-Card Information Hacking Campaign. Two Russian citizens, the 37-year old Muscovites Vladimir Drinkman and 34-year old Dmitriy Smilianets have received strict sentences. Reportedly, the two Russian hackers collectively carried out what is assumed to be the largest credit-card involving hack attack in the history of United States […]
Jackpotting is an attack/technique to exploit ATMs to make them dispense cash without withdrawing it from a bank account – Now, U.S. ATMs are under Jackpotting attack. The trend of hacking ATMs (automatic teller machines) is not new but with the passage of time, it is becoming a lot more persistent and sophisticated. In some parts of the […]
Ploutus is one of the most advanced ATM malware families we’ve seen in the last few years. Discovered for the first time in Mexico back in 2013, Ploutus enabled criminals to empty ATMs using either an external keyboard attached to the machine or via SMS message, a technique that had never been seen before. FireEye Labs recently identified […]
Russian ATMs Are Hackable It was recently revealed that some ATMs that are running in Russia are still operating on Windows XP operating system, which is why it is possible to hack ATM machines. As per an employee working for The Russian Blogging Platform, ATMs running on Windows XP have security flaws and it is […]
When you’re running Windows XP in today’s times, you shouldn’t expect your machine to fully bulletproof against different kinds of malware attacks. Now combine it with some poor implementation on an ATM machine that demands heavy security measures and you’ve got a recipe for disaster. A similar case has been spotted in Russia by an […]