HW and SW Solution for Black-box attacks Anti Black-box HW and SW Solution for Black-box attacks

The Problem Payment terminal related fraud attacks rose 10% when compared with H1 2016 (up from 10,820 to 11,934 incidents). This rise was mainly driven by an 88% increase in transaction reversal fraud (up from 4,840 to 9,081 incidents).

Black-Box attacks

The solution Hardware Software A physical switch controlled via USB placed on the cash-dispenser’s power circuit. Software An agent app that controls the physical switch A server that connects with the agent and receives the fraud alert message A SQL Database for data management of terminals.

Benefits Cost effective solution Central management and administration of ATMs Integration of both Hardware and Software to stop Black-Box attacks Dedicated solution for NCR ATMs SQL Database C# .NET agent app, compatible with all Windows systems from Windows XP onwards (requires at least Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0) Friendly web interface

How it works The agent app detects the fraud tentative and sends a command to the physical switch that stops the black-box from dispensing the notes from the cash dispenser. At the same time the agent app will send an alert to the server The server receives the alerts from all installed agents and will send alert messages to other apps (monitoring app, email, others). From the server one can send remote commands to the physical switch installed on the ATM to stop dispensing in case of suspicious activity on the ATM.

Agent app installed on ATM How it works Send alert Fraud detection Server Stop cash dispense Agent app installed on ATM Monitoring app Email

The user interface

The user interface

The user interface

The user interface

The user interface