[GLLUG] ATM operators eye Linux as alternative to Windows XP

[Karl Schuttler]

Unfortunately, most standalone ATMs use the same key to open them up, which
gives access to the motherboard, and thus usb.

For those interested in ATM security that haven't seen it already, I highly
recommend Barnaby Jack's talk at Blackhat.


Video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1KfSSDh3gU (skip to about 14:30
for the info about keys)
Article here: http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/07/atms-jackpotted/


On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 10:22 PM, Chick Tower <c.e.tower at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 03/23/2014 01:49 PM, Tom McArthur wrote:
>
>> Awww, Microsoft is pushing users (albeit corporate ones) towards Linux!
>> Thanks, Microsoft!
>>
>> http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9247096/ATM_
>> operators_eye_Linux_as_alternative_to_Windows_XP
>>
>
> I had seen mention of this, or a similar, story on Slashdot.  I hope the
> ATMs have no external ports.
>
> I was at PetCo today to buy a new ID tag for my dog.  You buy the tags and
> the cost of engraving is included.  The tags come in a plastic cassette so
> you can load them into a machine that does the engraving, after you use the
> touch-screen to enter all the relevant information. Mine went well until it
> was time to pass the cassette and the engraved tag back to me through a
> little slot in a clear, plastic wall.  The machine stalled right there.
>  The staff either doesn't have or couldn't find a key to open it, so they
> rebooted it, and up comes Windows XP.
> --
>
>                                Chick
>
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