NCR hit by a ransomware attack, causing outages
NCR, a prominent retail point-of-sale provider and provider of automated teller machine technology, has announced that it was hit by a ransomware attack on April 17th, disrupting some of its services.
According to the company's statement, the "cyber ransomware incident" was detected in a single ... Read more
‘New Unix rootkit used to steal data from ATMs’
Hacker collective LightBasin used a new Unix rootkit to steal financial data from ATMs in order to carry out fraudulent transactions.
The activity was discovered by security expert Mandiant. According to the researchers, the LightBasin hackers targeted customers of banks The collective focused o... Read more
Netherlands first country to show Amber Alerts on ATMs
The national Amber Alert system will now also be used in Dutch ATMs. This makes the Netherlands the first country in the world to show the alarms on ATMs as well. For the time being, the vending machines that support this are only placed at selected locations, reports ZDNet.
Three hundred vending ma... Read more
NEC is working on an ATM with facial recognition
NEC has started a collaboration with the large Taiwanese bank E.Sun to create ATMs that allow customers to withdraw money with facial recognition. That's what ZDNet reports. According to the two companies, this is the first time that face recognition has been used in such machines.
The intention is ... Read more
Microsoft and NAB come up with an ATM that works with facial recognition
Microsoft and NAB are testing biometric technology to make passless ATMs possible. Facial recognition would allow customers to withdraw money from their account. The first tests are already taking place with the equipment, which should reduce the risk of fraud.
The National Australia Bank (NAB) is i... Read more
American Secret Service: ATMs are being tapped more and more often
The US Secret Service warns banks of a new series of incidents when it comes to ATMs. According to the secret service, more and more ATMs are being tapped. Malicious parties have to follow a number of steps, which can still be quite complicated.
Krebs on Security received a copy of the letter that t... Read more