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Cybercriminals Refine ATM Data-Sniffing Software
BobB-nw writes "Cybercriminals are improving a malicious software program that can be installed on ATMs running Microsoft's Windows XP operating system that records sensitive card details, according to security vendor Trustwave. The malware has been found so far on ATMs in Eastern European countries, according to a Trustwave report. The malware records the magnetic stripe information on the back of a card as well as the PIN, which would potentially allow criminals to clone the card in order to withdraw cash. The collected card data, which is encrypted using the DES algorithm, can be printed out by the ATM's receipt printer, Trustwave wrote."
..."on ATMs running Microsoft's Windows XP operating system..."
Let me be the first to say "ur doin it wrong."
I'm waiting for the ATM that runs Mac OS X!
They already have those in San Francisco. They're called "gAyTMs"
I'm waiting for the ATM that runs Mac OS X!
They already have those in San Francisco. They're called "gAyTMs"
A2Ms?
Posts not to be taken literally. Almost everything is sarcasm.
"Are you sure you want to withdraw this money?"
"Will you spend it wisely?"
"You don't seem to have much left, have you planned for an emergency?"
. . . etc. . . .
Schroedinger's Brexit: The UK is both in and out of the EU at the same time!
Why a bank's IT / security team would feel it appropriate to operate ATMs that run Windows is completely beyond me. I mean, if bankers were really that stupid the world economy would probably have crumbled by now. Oh, wait. . .
Facts have a liberal bias.
Once I found a gas station near my work that the pumps where running a version of Windows back around 1999-2000. If you swiped your card and pulled the nozzle at the same time the little LCD screen showed a BSOD and you got free gas. I fill up there for 1 week until they closed the station and changed the pumps. Never got charged a cent!
This is a perfect chance to call your bank:
YOU: "I've been reading online about ATMs which are based on Windows XP being attacked by cybercriminals, and I'm worried. Are your ATMs running on Windows?"
THEM: "I'm not sure about the particular technology used in our ATMs, but we've had no security issues thus far."
YOU: "THEN YOU'D BETTER GO CATCH THEM!" Tee hee-hee! (click!) Snicker, snicker, snort, snicker...
As if we (end users) actually need any of this annoying shit, just keep your advertisements elsewhere and let me have my damn money in a convenient and secure fashion! Serves 'em right, greedy advertising whores.
THANK YOU! I remember several years ago, I stopped at my local ATM and noticed the screen was now in color. Hey, that's neat, I thought. Since I had just pulled up, it was displaying a picture of the bank. So I began to use the machine - wait, what the hell? The interface is still the exact same monochrome it has been since 1985! Why would they order a color screen? Then, as I completed my transaction and waited for my receipt, the reason came up -- a full-color ad for buying their shitty mortgage services.
Nevermind the fact that a good 30% of the time said ATM was "Temporarily unable to dispense cash" (read: empty).
For the last time, PIN Number and ATM Machine are redundancies!