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Hackers who stole $350,000 from Bangkok’s Government Savings Bank ATMs have Fled the Country A couple of months ago cyber criminals stole 1.44 billion Yen ($13 million) from 1,400 ATMs in 2½ hours in Japan and fled the country. Now, Bangkok has received another row of hack attacks. In the latest hacking spree, hackers have […]
It’s no secret hotel rooms can be hacked into. One security researcher has now created a cheap, discrete device the size of a card deck that can open guest rooms at a rapid speed. But it’s more than a one-trick pony: it can carry out attacks on point-of-sale systems too, even popping open cash registers. Just last year, hacker hero Samy […]
ATM transactions suspended in Taiwan for two days. Taiwan’s top eight banks have suspended operations on 900 ATMs after crooks stole NT$70 million ($2.18 million) from 20 branches across two cities over the weekend. The heists took place on Saturday and Sunday, July 9 and 10, 2016, and targeted the branches of Taiwan’s First Bank and […]
The Federal Investigation Agency in Pakistan is investigating a Chinese organization that is specialized in attacking ATM machines by using skimmer devices. A few days ago I reported the story of the security expert Benjamin Tedesco that has spotted an ATM skimmer during his vacation in Vienna. The ATM skimmer was quite impossible to detect to common people and […]
According to a TV report, two Chinese citizens were caught installing ATM skimmer device in a Karachi-based bank! ATM related crimes are growing with scammers using malicious software and skimmers to steal bug bucks but did you see someone installing an actually ATM skimmer knowing the fact that they are being recorded on CCTV cameras? It […]
The cyber security expert Benjamin Tedesco during his vacation in Vienna, Austria, has spotted an ATM skimmer quite impossible to detect to common people. Have you ever seen a skimmer while using an ATM? Unfortunately, we have to admit that it isn’t so easy to find it, in the majority of cases, the victims are not […]
Over 1.4 billion Yen was reportedly stolen in a span of two and a half hours across automated teller machines (ATMs) found in over 1,400 convenience stores in Japan this month. According to the local police, the simultaneous theft occurred on March 15 where money was illegally withdrawn from ATMS located in Tokyo and 16 […]
Have you watched Nicolas Cage’s movie Gone in 60 Seconds? — Well, here’s something bigger than that and it’s 1.44 billion Yen gone in 2½ hours! You often read about malicious actors targeting users with small scale phishing or malware attack to steal cash out but when it comes to banks and ATMs these criminal elements go to […]
Skimer malware is back to steal your cash from ATMS! A new malware program named Skimer has been discovered by security researchers. The malware is designed in a way that it infects the ATMs that run with the Windows operating system and therefore be used in stealing of money and payment card details. Source: JoyReactor […]
Crooks can steal money from ATMs using special credit cards. Skimer, a malware family targeting ATMs, has received a major update the past few months, and security researchers from Kaspersky are reporting about new attacks spotted in the wild. The malware was discovered in 2009, but the criminal group behind it continued to work on its […]
Skimming attacks on ATMs increased at an alarming rate last year for both American and European banks and their customers, according to recent stats collected by fraud trackers. The trend appears to be continuing into 2016, with outbreaks of skimming activity visiting a much broader swath of the United States than in years past. In a […]
The infamous hacker, popularly known as Segate, Oreon and Predator, has pleaded guilty finally in front of a New York judge. The 34-year-old Ercan Findikoglu was accused of 18 charges including accessing customer information and PINs from their debit/credit cards and withdrawing cash from ATMs worldwide. He was also accused of targeting prominent US financial […]
If you have ever walked up to an ATM to withdraw cash only to decide against it after noticing a telephone or ethernet cord snaking from behind the machine to a jack in the wall, your paranoia may not have been misplaced: ATM maker NCR is warning about skimming attacks that involve keypad overlays, hidden cameras and […]
Banking malware is using techniques once reserved for state-sponsored hacking gangs. To appreciate how malware targeting banks and other financial institutions is adopting sophisticated techniques once reserved for state-sponsored spies using so-called advanced persistent threats, consider the recently discovered Metel crimeware package. It contains more than 30 separate modules that can be tailored to the […]
Short Bytes: Diebold has developed a concept ATM that reduces the use of plastic money for cash withdrawal to zero. The self-serving machine Irving will identify users through their Iris scan and smartphones delivering cash within 10 seconds. With the ever increasing threat of black hats, after ATMs, the credit cards are at the risk […]
The global security company ProofPoint has identified a suspicious malware on its radar capable of stealing money from an ATM faster than the majority of bank robbers. As per their research, the malware robs ATMs in real-time and known as GreenDispenser. It gets activated via a boot-enabled CD-ROM drive. Once activated, the malware searches for […]
Short Bytes: Security firm Proofpoint has noticed some instances of a new ATM malware called GreenDispenser. Hackers can empty the whole ATM machine without leaving any trace as the malware uses a deep delete process to erase itself. A new type of ATM malware has been detected by security researchers in Mexico. The malware enabled […]
Security experts have warned ATM (Automated Teller Machine) users to stay clear from suspicious ATMs for past several years because of numerous security vulnerabilities but people are still carrying out transactions from hacked and infected ATMs, only to later find out that their accounts are emptied unknowingly. As new methods to hack ATMs are being […]
Halfway down the southbound four-lane highway from Cancun to the ancient ruins in Tulum, traffic inexplicably slowed to a halt. There was some sort of checkpoint ahead by the Mexican Federal Police. I began to wonder whether it was a good idea to have brought along the ATM skimmer instead of leaving it in the hotel […]
Security researchers over at FireEye have discovered a serious security flaw within the ATM (Automated Teller Machine) that could be exploited by the hackers to infect the machine with a next-generation of ATM malware that have the ability to hold an inserted card inside the machine, and works on the will of hackers. FireEye suggests […]