Hacker develops multi-platform rootkit for ATMs

Hacker develops multi-platform rootkit for ATMs
Tags: Security
May 6, 2010

Security researcher Barnaby Jack will deliver a talk on ATM security vulnerabilities and disclose a new ATM rootkit at the Black Hat Las Vegas conference, to be held July 28 and 29.

According to an article on Bloomberg Businessweek, the talk, titled "Jackpotting Automated Teller Machines," will demonstrate several ways of attacking ATMs, including remote, network-based attacks and what the ATM industry can do to protect itself from them.

While ATM attacks are commonly associated with items such as card skimmers, Jack's talk will focus on bugs in the software used to run the machines.