ATM Skimmers, Up Close

These are why all cards (and ATMs) should be smart-cards with asynchronous encryption.<p>These cards and readers have existed for years… it's time to upgrade all the end-user equipment to this new, secure standard.

Yeah. This one's pretty slick. But dude has a bunch more here that are a bit scarier.<p><a href="http://krebsonsecurity.com/all-about-skimmers/" rel="nofollow">http://krebsonsecurity.com/all-about-skimmers/</a>

I read in the past that the bank ATM security guy says if even a single call goes to them that there's potential tampering with ATM, they will immediately shut it down and go down there.<p>The ATM skimmer described sounds amateurish compared to the wireless skimmers: <a href="http://www.ctvbc.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20100820/bc_pinhole_camera_100820/20100820?hub=BritishColumbiaHome" rel="nofollow">http://www.ctvbc.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20100820/bc...</a> Pinhole camera device records pin + Skimmer records card (number or strip?).<p><a href="http://www.snopes.com/fraud/atm/atmcamera.asp" rel="nofollow">http://www.snopes.com/fraud/atm/atmcamera.asp</a>

&#62; <i>buyers are told to install a hardware driver and software program on their Windows PC (both are safe and virus free, trust us!). After that, users are instructed to enter the password "0000" when prompted, but this seller doesn’t include instructions for changing the default password. It’s nice to know that computer crooks make the same flawed security design decisions as many mainstream manufacturers of consumer electronics.</i><p>It's not too hard to go from ignorance to malice. Imagine hawking these things and taking 10% off the top, through a backdoor...

Those things are really scary. Perhaps ATMs should come with a smooth, polished slot where attachments are hard to conceal.

I suspect that ATM skimmers will see some nice features in the current generation of 3D printers.