As if withdrawing money from an ATM wasn’t dangerous enough, researchers discovered that Russian-speaking Skimer group forces ATMs to assist them in stealing users’ money. Instead of installing skimmer devices onto an ATM, they could turn the whole ATM into a skimmer itself. Main window of the infected ATM Discovered in 2009, Skimer was the first malicious program to target ATMs, and now, the cybercriminals have resurfaced, reusing the malware.
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