Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Hackers who raid corporate bank accounts often launder stolen funds by depositing them in accounts owned by “money mules,” people recruited through work-at-home job scams. The mules are usually instructed to wire the stolen funds to the scammers. Increasingly, however, The…
Hackers raid Taiwanese ATMs with banking malware that spits cash on command
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Investigators in Taiwan are on the lookout for two Russian nationals suspected of hacking into ATMs and stealing more than $2 million in cash. It is believed that the two crooks used a mobile phone to trigger 41 ATMs into dispensing…
Taiwan Banks Close Hundreds of ATMs after Hackers Steal $2 Million
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Taiwan banks shut hundreds of ATM machines across Taiwan on Tuesday following a NT$70 million ($2.18 million) heist over the weekend, an epa journalist reports. Two masked persons hacked into the ATM system of First Bank over the weekend, causing 34…
Hackers steal 1.4 billion Yen from Japanese ATMs in 2 hours
$12.7 million stolen from 1,400 convenience store ATMs across Japan in just two hours Japanese police are working on a rather intriguing case in which hackers managed to steal 1.4 billion Yen ($12.7 million) from 1400 different ATMs situated at different convenience stores around the country. Even more horrific is…
Protect Yourself from Card Fraud at ATMs and Gas Pumps
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans The Mt. Pleasant Police Department is looking through hours of surveillance video trying and find the person who put illegal card readers at a gas pump. Two illegal card readers also known as skimmers were found inside the gas pump at…
ATMs on the target of the hackers right now!
The ATM hack is getting more sophisticated in which the hackers are injecting some extremely obnoxious malware into the machine. The two Ukrainian men are arrested from the Macau and have the similar charges of stealing the $100,000 from the seven ATM machines. The device is a rigid green circuit…
ATMs on the target of the hackers right now!
The ATM hack is getting more sophisticated in which the hackers are injecting some extremely obnoxious malware into the machine. The two Ukrainian men are arrested from the Macau and have the similar charges of stealing the $100,000 from the seven ATM machines. The device is a rigid green circuit…
MICROSOFT HAS PLANNED TO LEAVE window XP and ATMs ON HACKERS MERCY
Microsoft has planned quit from its online support and releasing security updates. Since most of ATM machines run Windows XP, the Microsoft’s decision can bring whole banking sector at stake. Windows XP is due for an “end of life and support retirement” on April 8, 2014. According to Symantec Researchers, 95&…
ATMs open to thermal imaging attack, researchers confirm
Researchers have documented a method for working out ATM PIN numbers using residual traces of heat left on keypads after they have been touched by a person’s fingers. The technique described (note: slow download) by Keaton Mowery, Sarah Meiklejohn and Stefan Savage of the University of California at San Diego…