{"id":12121,"date":"2016-05-17T07:00:40","date_gmt":"2016-05-17T11:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.com.au\/blog\/?p=12121"},"modified":"2017-09-24T10:49:37","modified_gmt":"2017-09-24T14:49:37","slug":"invisible-skimmer-at-atm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.com.au\/blog\/invisible-skimmer-at-atm\/12121\/","title":{"rendered":"Invisible skimmers at the ATMs"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you are aware of what ATM skimmers are \u2014 and in if you\u2019re not, you should read this post<\/a> first \u2014 you probably know how to act in order to keep your bank card safe. You need to watch for any suspicious attachments to an ATM and avoid using machines that look fishy. But what if there\u2019s no attachments at all, what if the skimmer is completely invisible?<\/p>\n

\"Invisible<\/a><\/p>\n

Is that even possible?<\/i><\/p>\n

I\u2019m afraid, the answer is yes. In fact, that is exactly the case with ATM Infector cybercriminal group<\/a> discovered by our Global Research and Analysis Team (GReAT) together with our Penetration Testing Team. Members of this Russian-speaking cyber gang are able to turn an ATM itself into a skimmer.<\/p>\n

Double jackpot<\/h3>\n

It looks like even cybercriminals love the idea of sharing economy: why attach additional skimmer devices to the ATM if all the hardware they need is already there? All they have to do is infect an ATM with special malware called Skimer and then they can use ATM\u2019s own card reader and pin pad to steal all necessary bank card credentials.<\/p>\n

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Now you know how they do their criminal business on ATMs and will never fall for the trick: https:\/\/t.co\/y58IvQSBQw<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/Dj8otixjg3<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Eugene Kaspersky (@e_kaspersky) January 22, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n