1. Never use your ATM or credit card in an unbranded ATM or vending machine. Try to use bank ATM machines or vending machines from larger corporations that will adopt PCI DSS standards more regularly. 2. Never use your ATM or credit card on any device that looks like it has a reader added on top of the normal slot. This is a dead giveaway for a skimmer. This link gives a great example. 3. Never use your ATM or credit card on a device that requires additional information beyond your zip code. Current standards require some machines, gas pumps for example,. request an additional piece of information like a billing code, but if the device asks for even more data, than something is definitely phishy.Finally, if you are a vendor or merchant with devices deployed that accept electronic transactions, now is the time to be considering how you will perform vulnerability management for your systems. Kiosks connected via dial-up links, cellular service, and other networking technologies will not be immune to the new standards.
Morey J. Haber, Chief Security Advisor
Morey J. Haber is the Chief Security Advisor at BeyondTrust. As the Chief Security Advisor, Morey is the lead identity and technical evangelist at BeyondTrust. He has more than 25 years of IT industry experience and has authored four books: Privileged Attack Vectors, Asset Attack Vectors, Identity Attack Vectors, and Cloud Attack Vectors. Morey has previously served as BeyondTrust’s Chief Security Officer, Chief Technology, and Vice President of Product Management during his nearly 12-year tenure. In 2020, Morey was elected to the Identity Defined Security Alliance (IDSA) Executive Advisory Board, assisting the corporate community with identity security best practices. He originally joined BeyondTrust in 2012 as a part of the acquisition of eEye Digital Security, where he served as a Product Owner and Solutions Engineer, since 2004. Prior to eEye, he was Beta Development Manager for Computer Associates, Inc. He began his career as Reliability and Maintainability Engineer for a government contractor building flight and training simulators. Morey earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the State University of New York at Stony Brook.