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Latest warning coming out from Canada about sophisticated ATM skimming called “Shimmers” targeted chip-based credit and Debit cards to steal your entire card information form POS(Point-of-sale) terminal. Basically many skimming devices record your card information in plain text on the magnetic stripe on the backs of cards. Last Year November ATM based Skimmer has been […]
A few days back we informed you about the findings of Kaspersky Lab form May 2017 where the security firm identified that a particular kind of ATM malware called ATMii was targeting certain ATMs. The malware kit was designed to steal cash from ATMs using a vendor-oriented API. A post advertising the malware was also […]
ATM Malware Called “ATMii” could allow Cyber Criminals to Hack and Dispense the Cash from ATM by Infecting the ATM Machine which is Running Windows 7 and Windows XP. In order to gain Complete control of the Targeting ATM, Attacker needs to have Direct access either via the network or Physical access using USB for Directly […]
Kaspersky Discovers New Malware Strain ATMii that Attacks Win7 and Win Vista ATMs. The IT security researchers at Kaspersky Lab have discovered a new malware strain called ATMii because it attacks ATMs that run on Windows 7 and Windows Vista. This means the malware is ineffective on a majority of ATMs since most of them […]
Nowadays ATM Based Cyber Attacks are Evolving with Much More Advance methods and Functions via Sophisticated Malware especially through Network Based ATM Malware Attacks that Play Major Role in Digital ATM Related Cyber Attacks. Traditions physical attempt of emptying ATM is considering as Outdated Method Since Cyber Criminals are Actively Attempting ATM Network by Simply […]
ATM can be hacked by just drilling a hole ATMs have always had a target painted on their backs. Just last year, over a dozen locations across Europe were hacked as well as attacks across Taiwan, Thailand and Pakistan were reported. Its no surprise therefore, when we say ATM security is a very real and […]
ATMs (automated teller machines) have remained a preferred target of hackers around the world. Last year, ATMs in over a dozen locations across Europe were attacked. There was widespread hacking of ATMs across Taiwan, Thailand, and Pakistan whereas Bangladesh’s central bank experienced world’s largest digital heist when SWIFT system was attacked, and $81 million (£64.95 million) […]
As technology progresses, it seems that hackers and hacking methods do too. It wasn’t that long ago when hackers had to steal your credit card info or your bank card itself to get the money out of your account. Now they don’t have to since the ATMs are just giving away money as soon as […]
Hackers centered at the least eight ATMs in Russia and stole $800,000 using fileless malware in a single night, however, the technique used by the intruders remained an entire thriller with CCTV photos just showing a lone offender walking up to the ATM and gathering cash without even touching the machine. Even the affected banks […]
[jpshare] A Fileless malware “ATMitch” Access the ATM Remotely that gave them the ability to dispense money, “at any time, at the touch of a button.” Discovered by the Researchers from Kaspersky Lab. Attackers introduced the malware on ATMs by means of the machine’s remote administration modules, something which gave them the capacity to execute commands, […]
Bangkok police have detained an east European man Oleksandr Krachkovskyi who was carrying fake credit cards and the department is citing it as a great victory since they have managed to thwart a bank ATM oriented malware attack. Suspect under Thai police custody / Image Source: Bangkok Post. The 31-year-old Ukrainian passport holder Krachkovskyi was […]
Law enforcement government from Europe and Russia have arrested 5 members of an global cyber crook gang for stealing $3.2 million coins from ATMs the usage of ATM hack malware. Three of the suspects, Andrejs Peregudovs (41), of Latvia, Niklae Penkov (34) of Moldova, and Mihail Colibaba (30) of Romania, had been arrested in Taiwan […]
FireEye have recognized another variation of the Ploutus ATM malware, utilized for as far back as couple of years to make ATMs retch out money on charge. 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. There […]
Some 3.2 million debit cards issued by India’s biggest banks may be exposed to a malware-induced security breakdown, the Economic Times newspaper reported on Oct. 20. Most of these cards belong to State Bank of India (SBI), HDFC Bank, Yes Bank and ICICI Bank. Recently various State Bank of India’s debit card holders got surprised […]
Who needs complicated malware when you have dynamite.Criminals like to use explosives to break into ATMs, rather than deploy malware, a recent European ATM Security Team (EAST) report has shown. The agency says that criminal groups have used explosives to break into ATMs in 492 different incidents in the first half of 2016, up from […]
Forget ATM malware, criminals are using explosive to crack ATM machines and steal thousands of Euros in Europian countries. It is definitely startling to know that crooks have become so desperate that they have returned to old-school tactics for raking in large sums of money. Reportedly, around 492 ATMs all across Europe have been attacked […]
London Police have continued to bag and tag criminals who installed malware in ATMs across the city, with the extradition of a Romanian man to the UK last week. Emanual Leahu was charged with conspiracy to defraud as part of a gang that stole some £1.5 million from ATMs across London in 2014. Gang members […]
Fraudsters who hack corporate bank accounts typically launder stolen funds by making deposits from the hacked company into accounts owned by “money mules,” willing or unwitting dupes recruited through work-at-home job scams. The mules usually are then asked to withdraw the funds in cash and wire the money to the scammers. Increasingly, however, the mules are being […]
Kaspersky Lab presented an investigation on the future of ATM Biometric Skimmers and how cybercriminals could exploit them. A recent investigation by Kaspersky Labs reports that a number of underground sellers are offeringskimmers, which have the capability of stealing users biometric data such as fingerprints. A number of others are researching iris scanning and palm […]
High-pitched sound destroys bank’s data storage drives. Problems during a planned fire drill shut down ING Romania’s entire data center for ten hours on Saturday, in an event that looked like a MythBusters episode. The fire drill involved the release of Inergen gas, a type of inert gas used to extinguish fires in data centers without […]
Thailand – A gang of foreign criminals stole millions of baht by hacking ATMs in the country. The gang is linked the one that hacked ATMs in Taiwan. Hackers belonging to a cybercrime gang from Eastern Europe have stolen over 12 Million Baht (approximately US$346,000) from a 21 ATMs in Thailand. The crooks have targeted […]