Ready-to-use bitcoin ATM malware found for sale online
Hackers are selling malware that can purportedly steal thousands of dollars from bitcoin ATM’s, according to a Japanese cybersecurity company Trend Micro. In a blog post published Tuesday, Trend Micro shows posts by an apparently reputable user in an underground online forum, claiming to have malware that exploits a service vulnerability in a ATM in order to steal up to $6,750 worth of bitcoin from one machine. The main posting is dated June 25, 2018, and Trend Micro shows people on the forum discussing the offering at least a month later. For $25,000, the buyer gets the malware as well as a bank-style card loaded with the malicious code. The card is said to employ two different technologies for potentially communicating with machine: an EMV chip like those in most modern credit cards, and a near-field communication (NFC) capability for wireless access. Trend Micro says that, according to other comments on […]
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