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Using Machine Learning to Guess PINs from Video

Posted on By infossl
atms, credit cards, machine learning, privacy, Security technology, Uncategorized

Researchers trained a machine-learning system on videos of people typing their PINs into ATMs: By using three tries, which is typically the maximum allowed number of attempts before the card is withheld, the researchers reconstructed the correct sequence for 5-digit PINs 30% of the time, and reached 41% for 4-digit PINs. This works even if … Read More “Using Machine Learning to Guess PINs from Video” »

NFC Flaws in POS Devices and ATMs

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atms, point of sale, Security technology, Uncategorized, vulnerabilities

It’s a series of vulnerabilities: Josep Rodriguez, a researcher and consultant at security firm IOActive, has spent the last year digging up and reporting vulnerabilities in the so-called near-field communications reader chips used in millions of ATMs and point-of-sale systems worldwide. NFC systems are what let you wave a credit card over a reader — … Read More “NFC Flaws in POS Devices and ATMs” »

Jackpotting Attacks Against US ATMs

Posted on By infossl
atms, malware, physicalsecurity, Security technology, tamperdetection, theft

Brian Krebs is reporting sophisticated jackpotting attacks against US ATMs. The attacker gains physical access to the ATM, plants malware using specialized electronics, and then later returns and forces the machine to dispense all the cash it has inside. The Secret Service alert explains that the attackers typically use an endoscope — a slender, flexible … Read More “Jackpotting Attacks Against US ATMs” »

Clever Physical ATM Attack

Posted on By infossl
atms, crime, physicalsecurity, Security technology, theft

This is an interesting combination of computer and physical attack: Researchers from the Russian security firm Kaspersky on Monday detailed a new ATM-emptying attack, one that mixes digital savvy with a very precise form of physical penetration. Kaspersky’s team has even reverse engineered and demonstrated the attack, using only a portable power drill and a … Read More “Clever Physical ATM Attack” »