The researchers, Nir Valtman and Patrick Watson, showed that if a malicious actor can take control of the information flowing from an external PIN pad (i.e., a card reader not connected to an ATM ...

One simple solution: Cover the PIN pad with your hand, bag or something else, just as you would at a walk-up ATM—though, as Krebs notes, that can be physically difficult to do from your car.

Researchers have proven it's possible to train a special-purpose deep-learning algorithm that can guess 4-digit card PINs 41% of the time, even if the victim is covering the pad with their hands.

LONG BEACH, Miss. -- Triton has taken another step in preventing ATM fraud, as the Encrypting PIN Pads (EPP) on the Triton RL5000 and FT5000 ATM have been certified as being compliant with new ...