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Insert Skimmer + Camera Cover PIN Stealer

March 10, 2019 admin All About Skimmers, ATM Skimmers, insert skimmer

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2019 03:41:54 +0000

Very often the most clever component of your typical ATM skimming attack is the hidden pinhole camera used to record customers entering their PINs. These little video bandits can be hidden 100 different ways, but they’re frequently disguised as ATM security features — such as an extra PIN pad privacy cover, or an all-in-one skimmer over the green flashing card acceptance slot at the ATM. And sometimes, the scammers just hijack the security camera built into the ATM itself.

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Thieves Used Infrared to Pull Data from ATM ‘Insert Skimmers’

July 13, 2017 admin atm skimmer, insert skimmer, KFOR, Other

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2017 15:28:08 +0000

A greater number of ATM skimming incidents now involve so-called “insert skimmers,” wafer-thin fraud devices made to fit snugly and invisibly inside a cash machine’s card acceptance slot. New evidence suggests that at least some of these insert skimmers — which record card data and store it on a tiny embedded flash drive are — equipped with technology allowing it to transmit stolen card data wirelessly via infrared, the same technology built into a television remote control.