Charlie Harrow – Computer Security Articles

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.

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Dumping Data from Deep-Insert Skimmers

August 22, 2017 admin Charlie Harrow, deep-insert skimmer, NCR Corp, Other

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2017 14:19:02 +0000

I recently heard from a police detective who was seeking help identifying some strange devices found on two Romanian men caught maxing out stolen credit cards at local retailers. Further inspection revealed the devices to be semi-flexible data transfer wands that thieves can use to extract stolen ATM card data from “deep-insert skimmers,” wafer-thin fraud devices made to be hidden inside of the card acceptance slot on a cash machine.