Source: SC Magazine
Tens of thousands of cash machines could become vulnerable to malware and DDoS attacks next month when support for the embedded version of Windows XP comes to an end.
From January 2016, Microsoft will be issuing no further security patches or updates for the OS which is still used in the majority of ATMs to deliver cash to customers in the UK and elsewhere around the world.
Alan Calder, executive chairman of IT Governance, told SC that over time the lack of updates will increase the likelihood that attacks will be successful, “but attackers still have to identify vulnerabilities and craft exploits to be successful. Attackers would have to gain access to the operating system in order to mount an attack and this is not so easy.”
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