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Hitachi breach cited as source of major ATM malware attack in India
February 21, 2017
In late 2016, Indian media outlets widely reported an ATM malware attack that compromised between 3.2 million and 6.5 million debit cards from several of the…
read nowAuthorities take down international ATM jackpotting gang
February 1, 2017
Law enforcement agencies in Europe and Asia, supported by the Europol European Cybercrime Center, have arrested five members of an international criminal…
read nowABA draws a positive picture of US EMV migration
January 31, 2017
A new infographic from the American Bankers Association shows consumers are "unquestionably safer" now than they were before the widespread adoption of EMV.
read nowCriminals responsible for eastern European ATM hack 'will become active in the West soon,' report warns
December 19, 2016
London-based cybersecurity company Positive Technologies has released findings from its investigation into an incident in which hackers were able to steal the…
read nowA whole new level of ATM PIN protection
December 19, 2016
There are two kinds of ATM PIN users in this world — "shielders" and "show" people.
read nowCrimestoppers, Link re-up for ninth year
November 22, 2016
Crimestoppers, a group that seeks to stop ATM attacks, and Link, the U.K. ATM network, have renewed their partnership for a ninth straight year, the…
read nowUS tops list of locations for ATM fraud losses in EAST report
November 15, 2016
The European ATM Security Team has published its third European fraud update for 2016. The report is based on country crime updates provided by representatives…
read nowTesco Bank confirms online account breach, theft of funds
November 8, 2016
Tesco Bank Chief Executive Benny Higgins has confirmed an online attack on the bank's systems last weekend that, "in some cases, resulted in money being…
read nowReport: Card fraud losses see stunning spike in 2015
October 26, 2016
Banks and merchants worldwide shouldered total fraud losses of $21.84 billion in 2015 on payment card purchases totaling $31.31 trillion, reveals new research…
read nowATM explosive attacks booming in Europe
October 17, 2016
The European ATM Security Team has reported an 80 percent increase year over year in the incidence of ATM explosive attacks through the first half of 2016.
read now'Virtual hacker' CyBot identifies cyberthreats to ATM networks
October 13, 2016
Israel-based software vendor Cronus Cyber Technologies has developed a virtual hacker system, called CyBot Suite, that imitates the way hackers are thinking…
read nowATMIA seeks participants for global ATM security survey
October 13, 2016
The ATM Industry Association is once again conducting its annual ATMIA Global Security and Fraud survey.
read nowEuropean authorities dismantle international ATM crime group
October 3, 2016
Last month, authorities took down an international payment fraud network responsible for large-scale use of compromised payment card data, prostitution and…
read nowAuthorities go on the lookout for ATM 'periscope' skimmers
September 15, 2016
ATM operators in the United States now have a new kind of ATM fraud to worry about — "periscope skimming."
read nowFree guide offers ATM anti-skimming advice for C-store operators
August 25, 2016
Conexxus, a nonprofit serving the convenience store and petroleum-dispensing market, in cooperation with the National ATM Council, has developed the "ATM…
read nowWhich nation ranks No. 1 in card fraud? (Hint: It's not the US)
August 10, 2016
A recent Aite Group study indicates that Mexico has become the top spot for card fraud with even greater numbers of victims there than in the United States…
read nowDrones: The next ATM security threat?
August 8, 2016
Would-be thieves apparently have come up with yet another way to steal the PINs of unwary ATM users.
read nowPayments forum white paper highlights EMV chargeback practices
August 3, 2016
The U.S. Payments Forum, formerly the EMV Migration Forum, has released a white paper highlighting chargeback best practices.
read nowCops seek crooks, cash after $2.6M ATM jackpotting in Taiwan
July 21, 2016
Authorities in Taiwan have been busy rounding up suspected criminals and stolen cash following an early-July jackpotting spree that netted $2.6 million in a…
read nowEAST finds use of ATM card reader internal skimmers on the rise
July 14, 2016
The European ATM Security Team has published its second European Fraud Update for 2016. The update is based on country crime updates provided by…
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