Spendings in the hacking are among the most efficient investments!
Specialists figured out the price of hacking The costs of hacker attacks pay off immediately after the first theft, according to a study of the economics of hackers from Positive Technologies. The initial cost of a hacker attack on financial institutions will be about 45-55 thousand US dollars, experts say. Approximately 2.5 thousand US dollars are worth a monthly subscription to the service for creating documents with malware, tools for creating malicious files cost 300 dollars, the source code of the malware uploader is from 1,500 dollars, the program for exploiting vulnerabilities about 10 thousand dollars, legal tools that hackers...
Genetic as the card skimming fighting tool!
Very interesting (and I suggest the efficient) way to fight the card skimmers has been used by the San Antonio (USA) police. The card skimming device has been discovered on the gas pump in San Antonio. The device was processed for DNA and sent to a crime lab. After checking with DNA database investigators were notified that there the DNA was a match with a known person. After ensuring he did not work for the gas station or the company that services the pumps, authorities arrested the fraudster. For more details please click on the link: https://www.mysanantonio.com/...
Murphy’s Law in ATM security
“Murphy’s Law” states that "Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong”. The principles that excellently describe the situation we have today with ATMs were introduced back in the late 70’s. The initial design of the machine (and also later designs) took it for granted that all ATM users are honest and follow rules set by banks and payment organizations. ATMs vendors and owners (banks) have assumed that ATM devices are immune against criminals and fraudster’s attacks. In contrary; what we have learned the hard way is that they are not. On the contrary– during the last 10 years it...
Let us show you how vulnerable is your WEB application?
The study of “Positive Technologies” has found out on average, one web application has 33 vulnerabilities, six of which have a high level of risk. The proportion of applications with critically dangerous security errors today is 67%. The number of critical vulnerabilities, which on average falls on one web application, has increased threefold compared to 2017. Four out of every five web applications have configuration errors. In addition, 19% of web applications contain vulnerabilities that allow an attacker to gain control not only of the application but also of the server's OS. If such a server is located in the...
If you have no Anti-Skimming/Deep Insert Skimming protection plan in place, you have NO CHANCE to protect customers!
I 100% agree with the statement made by Corey Jay King from AGS company, commenting (1) the last skimming attack happened recently in LAWRENCEVILLE, GA where over $60,000 have been stolen from over 100 banks customers due to the card skimming! (2) The story just confirms the card skimming is not yet gone. It is still the important (and efficient !!!) type of card fraud, required active counteraction from ATMs owners site. We at SPL GROUP are offering very affordable and high-efficient anti-skimming technology. Our solution successfully prevents any type of card skimming and provides anti-skimming device monitoring. Please click on...
The “Onion Principle” in ATM Security | updated
The security of ATMs becoming more and more complex and as a result, require a more complex approach. It must be systematic, “coordinated” and multi-layered. ATM security depends on all sides involved in the ATM manufacturing, installation, running and using process. The cardholder must be educated on how to use the ATM to avoid possible card skimming! The special design of the ATM shutter, made by the ATM vendor, could significantly lower the chance of “cash trapping” by criminals. The special SW installed by the ATM owner could prevent criminals from installing the special malware on ATMs. The small device...
Are your ATMs GDPR compliant? | Checker ATM Security
The European law that went into effect in 2018 requires “all companies processing and holding personal data of data subjects residing in the European Union, regardless of the company’s location” (*). Does this means that a transaction made by a person from the EU on an ATM somewhere in Buffalo must be stored in accordance with the GDPR law requirements? It seems yes, they must! In “American Banker” (*) we read: “Basically any institution around the world that has an EU citizen, a European subject, is subject [to the law],” In the same article we read: “A European data subject...
Anti-Skimming Solution. How to evaluate and avoid mistakes?
There are many anti-skimming solutions vendors on the market, choosing the “right” supplier is a not easy task, especially for less experienced buyer. All devices are more or less the “same” in their functionality (they prevent the cards to be skimmed in ATMs). As a rule only “appearance of devices is different and, of course – the price! The price is a big issue, due to the fact it can differ 3-4 times by different vendors. Is the difference in pricing really shows the difference in functionality and quality? I suppose any vendor will insist it is true, but we in...
Checker – the ultimate ATM security solution | ATM malware protection
Are you aware that even the Industry Leading desktop PC Anti-Virus and Anti-Malware programs are NOT as Effective at defending ATMs? Whilst these “regular defense” programs excel at detecting day-to-day PC threats, they cannot distinguish between a Genuine, and a Malicious Application designed to, for example, Dispense Cash or Capture Data at the criminal’s request. ATM attacks are becoming more and more sophisticated; whilst Card Skimming is still very “popular”, criminals have turned their attention to more lucrative forms of theft, with software based attacks increasing rapidly. Almost every week, new variants of virus or malware capable of assisting...
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