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WinPot ATM Malware Resembles a Slot Machine

posted onFebruary 20, 2019
by l33tdawg
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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.

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