Posts Tagged ATM
Software Failure or 2010 Problem!
Posted by Mourad Ben Lakhoua in News, Software Security on January 7, 2010
The New Year 2010 starts with a no good surprise not only for system administrators but also for many European Banks customers. Many cardholders were not able to use cash machines or make payments via terminals. The problem was caused by vulnerability in the software chips installed with ATMs.
Bugs corrupted not only ATM software but also a different number of software vendors, the first error was noticed in the spam filtering program SpamAssassin. This is due to a default rule FH_DATE_PAST_20XX which made all messages marked as spam and been stored in the junk folder.
Security software company Symantec has faced also some problems in 2010 and released a bulletin that reports a bug in the Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager (SEPM) server. This error in the system does not allow customer to install updates that were released after 31/12/2009 so users were defenseless against new malwares. On a Blog post Symantec stated that they are working on a solution and will update customers when a solution becomes available.
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Fake ATM at the annual conference of DefCon
Posted by Mourad Ben Lakhoua in News on August 5, 2009
At the annual conference of DefCon in Las Vegas was found a malicious ATM positioned in the conference center of the Riviera Hotel Casino collecting bank costumer information.
The organizers of the conference said that they have no idea about how long this ATM was in the hotel and if the ATM was placed by DefCon attendee or outsider criminal.
Now the authority is still investigating this incident to determine the number of guest targeted by this incident and the amount of damage acquired. Especially that the malicious ATM was placed in one of the few sites which are not visible by the surveillance cameras but near the security room service 
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Well protecting cardholder is the role of the Bank (to encrypt sensitive information across public networks) but from our side we should keep our card in a safe place and to use it just in a trusted ATM.
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