Security News > 2023 > August > S3 Ep148: Remembering crypto heroes

ATMs always take your card right in, don't they?

So the idea of these ATM skimming crooks is they're not just interested in your card details, like a web phisher would be.

That's the advantage, if you like, of ATMs to skimming crooks.

Unlike devices in the coffee shop where most of the time you don't type in your PIN, ATMs always make you put in your PIN. It's the first thing you do to unlock the menus, and then you decide what you want to do next.

So the crooks know, "Uh oh! If someone comes to service the ATM, they're going to notice the skimmer, so we'd better go and recover it," not knowing that the cops are watching.

In the article, I recount a story where the crooks decided they wanted to film PINs of ATMs that were in the bank.

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https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2023/08/17/s3-ep148-remembering-crypto-heroes/