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Drug Charges 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.

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First ‘Jackpotting’ Attacks Hit U.S. ATMs

January 27, 2018 admin All About Skimmers, atm jackpotting, atm logical attacks, Daniel Regalado, Diebold Nixdorf, Diebold Opteva, endoscope, FireEye, Latest Warnings, NCR Corp, Ploutus.D, The Coming Storm, U.S. Secret Service, Windows 7, Windows XP

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2018 18:45:08 +0000

ATM “jackpotting” — a sophisticated crime in which thieves install malicious software and/or hardware at ATMs that forces the machines to spit out huge volumes of cash on demand — has long been a threat for banks in Europe and Asia, yet these attacks somehow have eluded U.S. ATM operators. But all that changed this week after the U.S. Secret Service quietly began warning financial institutions that jackpotting attacks have now been spotted targeting cash machines here in the United States.

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Anti-Skimmer Detector for Skimmer Scammers

December 5, 2017 admin alex holden, All About Skimmers, Charlie Harrow, Hold Security, NCR Corp, Smart Shield Detector

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 05 Dec 2017 20:37:22 +0000

Crooks who make and deploy ATM skimmers are constantly engaged in a cat-and-mouse game with financial institutions, which deploy a variety of technological measures designed to defeat skimming devices. The latest innovation aimed at tipping the scales in favor of skimmer thieves is a small, battery powered device that provides crooks a digital readout indicating whether an ATM likely includes digital anti-skimming technology.