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Imagine winning the lottery and having an ATM spit huge amounts of cash at you. That's exactly what some cyber criminals are after. They're targeting ATMs and launching "jackpotting" attacks, forcing them to dispense bills like a winning slot machine. Already this year, the U.S. Secret service has warned financial institutions of such attacks.
Security researcher Barnaby Jack demonstrated such an attack and amazed attendees at Black Hat when he made two unpatched ATMs spit out cash on stage. For the most part, however, jackpotting was little more than a hypothetical until recently.
Now, with confirmed strains of malware like Ploutus.D being used in ATM jackpotting attacks on U.S. soil, jackpotting can be added to the growing list of popular ATM attack types, including skimming, shimming and network-based attacks. Here we examine various ATM attack techniques and offer security recommendations to protect against them.
Source: ATM attacks: How hackers are going for gold
(Score: 4, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 12 2018, @02:31PM (4 children)
Ok, got it.
That's.. kinda weird, and rather pointless since apparently I've won the lottery.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 12 2018, @03:58PM (2 children)
If I won the lottery I just might buy some of these ATMs so they can spit money at me whenever I need to pick my spirits up.
(Score: 3, Funny) by Runaway1956 on Saturday May 12 2018, @04:38PM
You'll find more spirits at the package store or liquor store than at an ATM.
(Score: 2) by MostCynical on Saturday May 12 2018, @09:59PM
Surely you can pay someone to pick up the spririts and do all your shopping.
Or just pay someone to make you feel better.
"I guess once you start doubting, there's no end to it." -Batou, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
(Score: 2) by realDonaldTrump on Sunday May 13 2018, @01:02AM
Cash is nice for so many things. For strippers, for anything that needs to be off the books. Less paperwork!