FBI Reports 1,900 ATM Jackpotting Incidents Since 2020, $20M Lost in 2025

The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI has warned of an increase in ATM jackpotting incidents across the country, leading to losses of more than $20 million in 2025. The agency said 1,900 ATM jackpotting incidents have been reported since 2020, out of which 700 took place last year. In...

New FiXS ATM Malware Targeting Mexican Banks

A new ATM malware strain dubbed FiXS has been observed targeting Mexican banks since the start of February 2023. "The ATM malware is hidden inside another not-malicious-looking program," Latin American cybersecurity firm Metabase Q said in a report shared with The Hacker News. Besides requiring...

Prilex: the pricey prickle credit card complex

Prilex is a Brazilian threat actor that has evolved out of ATM-focused malware into modular point-of-sale malware. The group was behind one of the largest attacks on ATMs in the country, infecting and jackpotting more than 1,000 machines, while also cloning in excess of 28,000 credit cards that...

The vulnerability of the microprogramming software used in Diebold-Nixdorf CMDv5 dispensers allows a perpetrator to install an outdated or modified version of the microprogramming software in order to bypass encryption and dispense cash.

The vulnerability of the microprogramming software used in Diebold-Nixdorf CMDv5 dispensers relates to the possibility of bypassing security mechanisms. Exploiting this vulnerability allows an intruder to install an outdated or modified version of the microprogramming software, thereby...

ATM Jackpotting Malware Hones Its Heist Tools

The WinPot ATM jackpotting malware is evolving, as its authors look to solve the obstacles that get in their way. The latest is an effort to help ATM hackers, a.k.a. jackpotters, better target their efforts in order to steal more cash in a lesser amount of time. Thieves infect ATMs through physic...

ATM robber WinPot: a slot machine instead of cutlets

Automation of all kinds is there to help people with their routine work, make it faster and simpler. Although ATM fraud is a very peculiar sort of work, some cybercriminals spend a lot of effort to automate it. In March 2018, we came across a fairly simple but effective piece of malware named...

Jackpotting attacks hit U.S. ATMs; spit out cash in seconds

By Waqas Jackpotting is an attack/technique to exploit ATMs to make them dispense This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Jackpotting attacks hit U.S. ATMs; spit out cash in seconds...

Fileless Banking Malware Attackers Break In, Cash Out, Disappear

SINT MAARTEN—Cybercriminals who used fileless, memory-based malware to carry out attacks on nearly 150 enterprises worldwide earlier this year were onto something. The attackers already had remote access to the bank’s networks through the malware, described in February, but once they were inside,...

ATM Makers Release Fixes for 'Jackpotting' Flaw

Two ATM manufacturers have released software updates to address the remotely exploitable vulnerabilities in their machines’ firmware that IOActive researcher Barnaby Jack demonstrated line on stage at the Black Hat conference last month. In response to the demonstration, in which Jack was able to...