Cash Dispersal Enabling ATM Malware Discovered

There has been detected a backdoor program allowing cash dispersal on automated teller machines (ATMs) in multiple countries although mostly in Russia. Security company Kaspersky reports that the program, designated Backdoor.MSIL.Tyupkin, requires physical access to the ATM system and booting it off of a CD to install the malware.

The analysis of the malware can be read in Kaspersky blog.