Card skimming is the practice of installing "skimmers," or clandestine card readers, into ATMs. Card skimmers read your card number at the same time as the ATM. Combined with a pinhole camera that ...

KrebsOnSecurity has featured several recent posts on “insert skimmers,” ATM skimming devices made to fit snugly and invisibly inside a cash machine’s card acceptance slot. I’m revisiting ...

Using a credit card at an ATM is a lot like using a debit card — just follow the instructions to withdraw cash, acknowledge that you accept the fees and charges and collect your money.

Skimmers are devices that are illegally installed on ATMs, gas pumps, and any other point-of-sale terminals to capture debit and credit card information and record PINs.

The idea of looking for ATM skimmers before you insert your card isn't new. But checking for tampering on a point-of-sale device can be difficult, and until recently, it wasn’t necessary since ...

In a typical setup, insert skimmers capture payment card data from the magnetic stripe on the backs of cards inserted into a hacked ATM, while a pinhole spy camera hidden above or beside the PIN ...

Though it’s illegal in North Carolina, criminals can use card skimmers to steal your money at ATMs and gas pumps. Here’s how to spot them.