Thieves in Latin American countries are turning to Eastern European hackers to build ATM malware from scratch, according to a Virus Bulletin talk by researchers at Kaspersky Lab.

A never-before-seen malware family known as RIPPER is being blamed for a rash of ATM heists in Thailand last week. The malware, found by researchers at FireEye, is responsible for the theft of 12 million baht ($378,000) from ATMs at banks across Thailand. The discovery of the malware coincided with news reports from the Bangkok...

A never-before-seen malware family known as RIPPER is being blamed for a rash of ATM heists in Thailand last week. The malware, found by researchers at FireEye, is responsible for the theft of 12 million baht ($378,000) from ATMs at banks across Thailand. The discovery of the malware coincided with news reports from the Bangkok...

Threatpost editor Mike Mimoso talks with Roberto Martinez and Santiago Pontiroli, researchers with Kaspersky Lab’s Global Research and Analysis Team (GReAT) about ATM malware, jackpotting, and why it works so well in Latin America. [embedded content]