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Re: Hack allows control of ATM by SMS

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On 2014-03-25, Tim+ <timdownie2003@nospampleaseyahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> Morten Nygaard Åsnes <mnaasnes@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 2014-03-25, RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> wrote:
>>> From the «say ATM Machine and I'll shoot» department: Title: ATM
>>> malware, controlled by a text message, spews cash Author: IDGNS
>>> staff Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2014 00:32:25 -0400 Link:
>>> 
>>> A group of enterprising cybercriminals have figured out how to get
>>> cash from a certain type of ATM -- by text message.
>>> 
>>> read more[1]
>>> 
>>> Links: [1]:
>> 
>> So for this to work, they have to first have physical access to the
>> ATM, and install some malware on it? 
>
> And wire in a phone handset.
>
> Tim

I can appreciate the skepticism, but it's not so outlandish as that.
Physical access to an ATM is obligatory - that's how they work.  And
unless they're closely monitored by surveillance cameras and teams that
actually perform surveillance, there's a real chance crooks can mess
with the equipment.  See Krebson [1] for example, or Snopes [2].

I've been in at least one ATM booth where it was clear people had been
taking intervenous drugs.  Cameras disabled? Nobody watching? Nobody
cares?  I couldn't say.  But if crooks have the time and freedom to
install skimmer hardware over an ATM keypad, they probably have the same
time and freedom to attach a device that can receive SMSes.

[1] http://krebsonsecurity.com/all-about-skimmers/ [2]
http://www.snopes.com/fraud/atm/atmcamera.asp

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Hack allows control of ATM by SMS RS Wood  <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-03-25 09:10 +0000
  Re: Hack allows control of ATM by SMS Morten Nygaard Åsnes <mnaasnes@gmail.com> - 2014-03-25 10:18 +0100
    Re: Hack allows control of ATM by SMS Tim+ <timdownie2003@nospampleaseyahoo.co.uk> - 2014-03-25 10:33 +0000
      Re: Hack allows control of ATM by SMS RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-03-25 14:58 +0000

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