{"id":11323,"date":"2016-02-17T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-02-17T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.com.au\/blog\/?p=11323"},"modified":"2017-09-24T11:21:13","modified_gmt":"2017-09-24T15:21:13","slug":"atm-jackpotting-explained","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.com.au\/blog\/atm-jackpotting-explained\/11323\/","title":{"rendered":"7 reasons why it’s oh so easy for bad guys to hack an ATM"},"content":{"rendered":"

Automated teller machines (ATM) have always a been a big target for criminals. In the past hunting for ATMs included some heavy tools like a cutting torch or explosives. However with the dawn of the Digital Age, everything has changed. Nowadays culprits can \u2018jackpot\u2019 an ATM without such special effects.<\/p>\n

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At the recent SAS 2016 conference Olga Kochetova<\/a>, a penetration-testing specialist at Kaspersky Lab explained why ATMs are so vulnerable, in her talk entitled \u2018Malware and non-malware ways for ATM jackpotting.\u2019<\/p>\n

1. First of all, ATMs are basically computers. They consist of a number of electronic subsystems, including some exotic industrial controllers, but there\u2019s always a conventional PC in the very center of ATM\u2019s system.
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2. Moreover, it\u2019s very likely that this PC is controlled by a rather old operating system like Windows XP. You probably know what is wrong with Windows XP: it is not supported by Microsoft anymore, so any vulnerability found after support was killed off is a perpetual zero-day that nobody will ever patch. And you can bet that there\u2019s A LOT of these vulnerabilities.<\/p>\n

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#Microsoft<\/a> is ending support for Windows XP. Learn what this means for your Kaspersky Lab products. http:\/\/t.co\/j90rhV8wY3<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Kaspersky (@kaspersky) January 21, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n