WinPot ATM Malware Resembles a Slot Machine
A piece of malware targeting automated teller machines (ATMs) has an interface that looks like a slot machine, Kaspersky Lab reports.
Dubbed WinPot, the malware was initially detected in March last year, targeting the ATMs of a popular vendor to make the devices automatically dispense all cash from their most valuable cassettes.
Analysis of the malware has revealed a particular focus from the authors on designing the interface, to target the cash-out cassettes in an ATM. Every cassette has a reel of its own numbered 1 to 4, with a button to dispense the cash and information on bank note value and the number of bank notes inside. On the malware’s interface, the author also placed a SCAN button to rescans the ATM and update the numbers, as well as a STOP button to end the dispensing in progress.
