Security News > 2024 > October > New Linux Variant of FASTCash Malware Targets Payment Switches in ATM Heists
2024-10-15 14:43
North Korean threat actors have been observed using a Linux variant of a known malware family called FASTCash to steal funds as part of a financially-motivated campaign. The malware is "installed on payment switches within compromised networks that handle card transactions for the means of facilitating the unauthorized withdrawal of cash from ATMs," a security researcher who goes by HaxRob said.
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