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New Breed of Fuel Pump Skimmer? Not Really

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2019 13:43:42 +0000

Fraud investigators say they’ve uncovered a sophisticated new breed of credit card skimmers being installed at gas pumps that is capable of relaying stolen card data via mobile text message, thereby enabling fraudsters to collect it from anywhere in the world. One interesting component of this criminal innovation is a small cellphone and Bluetooth-enabled device hidden inside the contactless payment terminal of the pump, which appears to act as a Bluetooth hub that wirelessly gathers card data from multiple compromised pumps at a given filling station.

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New Breed of Fuel Pump Skimmer Uses SMS and Bluetooth

February 21, 2019 admin All About Skimmers, bluetooth pump skimmer, ControlScan, Mark Carl, near-field communications, NFC, Skimmer Scanner, U.S. Secret Service

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2019 13:43:42 +0000

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SMS Phishing + Cardless ATM = Profit

November 2, 2018 admin A Little Sunshine, All About Skimmers, cardless ATM, Ciprian-Raducu Antoche-Grecu, fifth third bank

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Fri, 02 Nov 2018 15:03:31 +0000

Thieves are combining SMS-based phishing attacks with new “cardless” ATMs to rapidly convert phished bank account credentials into cash. Recent arrests in Ohio shed light on how this scam works.

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Secret Service Warns of Surge in ATM ‘Wiretapping’ Attacks

September 27, 2018 admin All About Skimmers, atm eavesdropping, ATM Skimmers, atm wiretapping, endoscope, U.S. Secret Service

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2018 20:45:41 +0000

The U.S. Secret Service is warning financial institutions about a recent uptick in a form of ATM skimming that involves cutting cupcake-sized holes in a cash machine and then using a combination of magnets and medical devices to siphon customer account data directly from the card reader inside the ATM.

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How to Avoid Card Skimmers at the Pump

June 26, 2018 admin All About Skimmers, Apple Pay, EMV, Europay, fuel skimmers, Marcus Booth, mastercard, pump skimmers, pump skimming, San Antonio Police Department, SAPD, Visa

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2018 17:59:44 +0000

Previous stories here on the proliferation of card-skimming devices hidden inside fuel pumps have offered a multitude of security tips for readers looking to minimize their chances of becoming the next victim, such as favoring filling stations that use security cameras and tamper-evident tape on their pumps. But according to police in San Antonio, Texas, there are far more reliable ways to avoid getting skimmed at a fuel station.

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Detecting Cloned Cards at the ATM, Register

May 14, 2018 admin All About Skimmers, Associated Press, EMV, FBI, gift card fraud, NYPD, Patrick Traynor, Security Tools, University of Florida, Walmart

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Mon, 14 May 2018 15:24:38 +0000

Much of the fraud involving counterfeit credit, ATM debit and retail gift cards relies on the ability of thieves to use cheap, widely available hardware to encode stolen data onto any card’s magnetic stripe. But new research suggests retailers and ATM operators could reliably detect counterfeit cards using a simple technology that flags cards which appear to have been altered by such tools.

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Would You Have Spotted This Skimmer?

February 6, 2018 admin Aldi, All About Skimmers, Apple Pay, Google Pay, overlay skimmer

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 06 Feb 2018 14:53:42 +0000

When you realize how easy it is for thieves to compromise an ATM or credit card terminal with skimming devices, it’s difficult not to inspect or even pull on these machines when you’re forced to use them personally — half expecting something will come detached. For those unfamiliar with the stealth of these skimming devices and the thieves who install them, read on.

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Drugs Tripped Up Suspects In First Known ATM “Jackpotting” Attacks in the US

January 30, 2018 admin All About Skimmers, atm jackpotting, Barnaby Jack, Elio Moren Gozalez, FBI, Isaac Rafael Jorge Romero, Jose Alejandro Osorio Echegaray

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2018 17:26:06 +0000

On Jan. 27, 2018, KrebsOnSecurity published what this author thought a scoop about the first known incidence of U.S. ATMs being hit with “jackpotting” attacks, a crime in which thieves deploy malware that forces cash machines to spit out money like a loose Las Vegas slot machine. As it happens, the first known jackpotting attacks in the United States were reported in November 2017 by local media on the west coast, although the reporters in those cases seem to have completely buried the lede.