First ‘Jackpotting’ Attacks Hit U.S. ATMs

ronjor · Jan 27, 2018

ATM “jackpotting” — a sophisticated crime in which thieves install malicious software and/or hardware at ATMs that forces the machines to spit out huge volumes of cash on demand — has long been a threat for banks in Europe and Asia, yet these attacks somehow have eluded U.S. ATM operators. But all that changed this week after the U.S. Secret Service quietly began warning financial institutions that jackpotting attacks have now been spotted targeting cash machines here in the United States.
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https://krebsonsecurity.com/2018/01/first-jackpotting-attacks-hit-u-s-atms/

Rasheed187 · Jan 28, 2018

Perhaps a dumb question, but I'm guessing that these ATM's that run on Windows can also be secured with AV and HIPS?

TairikuOkami · Jan 28, 2018

Rasheed187 said: ↑

Perhaps a dumb question, but I'm guessing that these ATM's that run on Windows can also be secured with AV and HIPS?
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Sure they can, but it is dumb thinking, that banks would spend a single cent, if they do not have too. It is cheaper to write a check time to time, rather than to pay for security, maintenance.
Code:
https://securebox.comodo.com/atm-machines/atm-security/
This says it all:

The Secret Service alert says ATMs still running on Windows XP are particularly vulnerable, and it urged ATM operators to update to a version of Windows 7 to defeat this specific type of attack.
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Rasheed187 · Jan 28, 2018

TairikuOkami said: ↑
Sure they can, but it is dumb thinking, that banks would spend a single cent, if they do not have too. It is cheaper to write a check time to time, rather than to pay for security, maintenance.
Code:
https://securebox.comodo.com/atm-machines/atm-security/
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Cool, thanks for the link, just what I thought. I'm guessing that when attacks start to rise, they will sell quite a few of this ATM Security software.

RockLobster · Jan 28, 2018

How about fake usb receptacle inside the atm, hooked up to mains electricity.
Oh dear, did that big puff of smoke used to be your laptop? So sorry...

ronjor · Jan 30, 2018

Drugs Tripped Up Suspects In First Known ATM “Jackpotting” Attacks in the US

On Jan. 27, 2018, KrebsOnSecurity published what this author thought a scoop about the first known incidence of U.S. ATMs being hit with “jackpotting” attacks, a crime in which thieves deploy malware that forces cash machines to spit out money like a loose Las Vegas slot machine. As it happens, the first known jackpotting attacks in the United States were reported in November 2017 by local media on the west coast, although the reporters in those cases seem to have completely buried the lede.
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ronjor · Feb 5, 2018

Two Suspects Arrested in 'Jackpotting' Attack in Connecticut

Dark Reading Staff 2/5/2018
The mean were charged in federal court for alleged bank fraud using malware that empties cash from ATM machines.
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Minimalist · Jan 7, 2019

Hackers aims for the jackpot

Early in 2018, a crime surfaced in the US that earned the name ATM ”jackpotting”. Perpetrators would target older cash machines and switch their hard drives. The malware they store simply hands over cash to thieves armed with the right codes. It is just one of a range of hardware-level attacks that are now coming to the fore.
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http://www.newelectronics.co.uk/electronics-technology/hackers-aims-for-the-jackpot/199672/

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