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ATM Communication - How Secure ?

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2008-03-21 12:34:00 by Random InfoSec Guy in Security Coin
...PINs should be exchanged between various Financial Institutions (exchange keys between two FIs out-of-band AND under the principles of dual control and then encrypt the keys, how should compromised - no - even "suspect" compromised PINs and Keys that encrypt the PINs be treated (securely delete the key, recreate a new key under the principles...
 
Tags: pin, pin offsets, atm, pin translation, natural pin, key, key management, atm communications, encryption key
 
 
 
 
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.. and now - PIN stealing..

2008-06-19 10:38:00 by Random InfoSec Guy in Security Coin
 
...PINs. PIN numbers - thanks to ANSI's TG3 - are encrypted with a half decent algorithm (and they are looking to strengthen that even more now). Which means that sniffing the traffic will only give you an encrypted number - something which would require a decryption key. A number of security controls like requiring dual control and split...
 
Tags: pin, pin reaches, pin offsets, fake pin pads, atm location, atm, bank pins, atm crime spree, access
 
 
 
 
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OmniAmerican Bank targeted by cyber criminals

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2008-01-28 11:26:35 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...PINs) and fake debit cards. The criminals then used the cards at to make withdrawls at ATMs in Eastern Europe, Russia, Ukraine, Britain, Canada and New York Reference URL Star-Telegram Story Sacramento Bee Story Report Credit Barry Shlachter, Star-Telegram Response From the online sources cited above An international gang of cyber...
 
Tags: omniamerican bank, bank, omniamerican bank systems, omniamerican, internal, internal bank systems, debit cards, cards, bank employees
 
 
 
 
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ARCO gas pumps targeted by fraudsters

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2007-12-27 13:58:30 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...PINs (Personal Identification Numbers Breach Description It appears as though a group of thieves has installed an unknown electronic data capture device on one or more gas pumps at one or more ARCO gas stations for the purpose of stealing customers' money. Monetary losses have already surpassed $30,000, with unauthorized withdrawls taking...
 
Tags: arco gas pumps, pumps, gas pumps, arco, gas stations, arco gas stations, card, debit card identification, creditdebit card data
 
 
 
 
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'Undercover' looks to replace PINs

2008-02-08 00:00:00 by HASH0x8b39a04 in Network World on Security
 
Security researchers have tested the first prototypes of a secure authentication system that could one day replace PIN entry at cash points
 
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Robert L Mitchell - I know Microsoft, I have worked with Microsoft ...

2008-02-02 07:46:27 by HASH0x8b8a27c in StillSecure, After All These Years
 
...pins Google down on that and could de-focus them from competing with Microsoft on other fronts. Also, base on Google's latest financial s and stock price maybe we have seen the peak of paid search? Not to say Google is hurting either. You are talking about an online war of behemoths in which search is one small part of the eyeball game It...
 
Tags: microsoft, meantime microsoft, google, google apps, knock microsoft, pins google, robert, yahoo, meantime
 
 
 
 
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End user security psychology, part II: Can knowledge-based authentication be effective?

2008-04-02 11:11:25 by Bill Nagel in Security & Risk Management
 
...PINs, passwords, and answers and jump through those hoops. It's as if the typical Internet banking customer is a tender orchid needing just the right conditions to flourish The only problem is that in most cases this isn't true. Buck up and spend the cash on a real two-factor authentication system, mandate its use, and customers will adapt --...
 
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1st Source Bank reissues all debit cards in response to breach

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2008-06-05 09:09:56 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...PINs in at least some cases. "They got some PIN numbers, but a very small percentage compared to the debit card base that we have," says Seitz Exactly how the hackers tapped the server isnt publicly known Evan] This will be determined as part of the forensic investigation, but publicly this may never be known. We can only speculate. The...
 
Tags: 1st source, bank, 1st source bank, evan 1st source, server, bank server, bank officials, breach, bank employs
 
 
 
 
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Clothes don't make this man: Sweatshirt helps nail Citibank card scammer

2008-07-03 00:00:00 by Tim Greene in Network World on Security
 
A bank-card scammer using stolen Citibank account numbers and PINs netted hundreds of thousands of dollars, but was caught because he always wore the same distinctive sweatshirt when making the illegal withdrawals
 
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