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[CNET News.com - Wireless] Once the malware has been hidden on the ATM for a period of time, the criminal can return to the machine and use a special "trigger" card to control the ATM and print out the stolen data directly from the machine or instruct the ATMS to dispense all the cash it has, according to Percoco. ATMs can hold as much as $600,000 at a time, he said.

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[PaniSphere] ATM Malware Attacking Consumers Worldwide: In a statement, SpiderLabs Vice President Andrew Henwood said the ATM malware is the first digital threat of its kind with its sophisticated way of retrieving data by recording the information found in the magnetic stripe at the back of the card.

[Privacy Digest - News that can impact your privacy.] New ATM Malware Captures PINs and Cash ”” Updated | Privacy Digest: So all the malware would get is a PIN block, and the crooks would then have to find a way to decrypt the PIN block. But Percoco says some older models of ATMs made before 2004 when the card industry imposed security standards on PIN entry devices, encrypt the PIN after it’s sent from the keypad to the ATM system software, so the malware would capture these in the clear.

[Hack In The Box] ATM Malware Spreading Around the World :: Hack In The Box ...: Analysts at Trustwave's SpiderLabs research group were surprised earlier this year when it obtained the ATM malware sample from a financial institution in Eastern Europe, said Andrew Henwood, vice president of SpiderLabs's Europe, Middle East and Africa operation. Trustwave does forensic investigations for major credit card companies and financial institutions as well as penetration tests.

[Search Security Asia RSS] ATM malware plagues Russia | Search Security Asia: Trustwave, a Chicago-based provider of information security and payment card industry compliance services and products, uncovered the malware while investigating ATM breaches in Russia and Ukraine over the past few months. About 20 ATMs were infected with sophisticated malware that allowed attackers to not only steal track data and PINs but cash, said Nicholas Percoco, vice president and head of Trustwave's SpiderLabs security team.

[blogtutorial.net] blogtutorial.net » Blog Archive » Be careful, Malware steal ATM in ...: Not dirinci how ATM-ATM is infected, but it seems that malware disandi (encode) on a card that can be inserted in an ATM card reader to mount a buffer overflow attack. This machine is exposed to the file replace isadmin.exe the .

[NewsBot Centre] ATM Malware Surfaces as Hackers Target Banks in Eastern Europe ...: “Picture you as a criminal walking up to an ATM machine and inserting a card into the machine that’s not a real ATM card ”¦ that has the code or essentially the string of numbers that essentially equals a trigger card within the malware,” Nicholas Percoco, head of Trustwave’s SpiderLabs, explained in an interview with eWEEK. “So every card that’s inserted, the malware monitors what numbers are being inserted into the system.

[ChattahBox News Blog] Cyber Crooks Targeting Windows XP-Based ATM Machines | ChattahBox ...: The malware program works by capturing the magnetic strip data and PIN codes. The cyber crooks then access the personal data by inserting a specially designed card into the ATM, where they can pull up their own customized user interface.

[ZDNet Asia Latest Tech News] Hacked ATMs let criminals steal cash, PINs : News : Security ...: Once the malware has been hidden on the ATM for a period of time, the criminal can return to the machine and use a special "trigger" card to control the ATM. The criminal can print out the stolen data directly from the machine, or instruct the the machine to dispense all the cash it has, according to Percoco.

[Taranfx: Technology Blog] Cybercriminals hack into Bank ATMs in Eastern Europe | Taranfx ...: Trustwave has collected multiple versions of the malware. The company believes that the particular one it analyzed is “a relatively early version of the malware and that subsequent versions have seen significant additions to its functionality.”

[Information Security Resources] Reverse Due Diligence: Know Thy Investor : Information Security ...: By Dan Goodin in San Francisco for the Register UK The malware logs the magnetic-stripe data and personal identification number of cards used at an infected machine and provides an intuitive interface for retrieving the information using the ATM's receipt printer, according to analysts from Spider Labs, the research arm of security firm Trustwave. Since late 2007 or so, there have been at least 16 updates to the software, an indication that the authors are working hard to perfect their tool.

[Birlaa Technology Blog] ATM Malware Surfaces as Hackers Target Banks in Eastern Europe: Trustwave has uncovered malware on 20 ATM machines in Russia and Ukraine designed to allow hackers to swipe everything from cash and to PIN codes. Officials at Trustwave advised merchants take steps to ensure their ATM environment is secure.

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