Terminal Fraud Update – EAST FCS Seminars 2019

Terminal Fraud

Act now to save your place for the Terminal Fraud Seminar that will be held by the EAST Expert Group on All Terminal Fraud (EGAF) on 9th October 2019.

Terminal Fraud TERMINAL FRAUD SEMINAR- PROGRAMME UPDATE

  • EAST Executive Director Lachlan Gunn will share the latest Terminal Fraud Statistics published by EAST, covering the period January to June 2019;
  • Veronica Borgogna of BANCOMAT S.p.A will provide a national threat assessment for Italy
  • and Ben Birtwistle of RBS will provide a national threat assessment for the UK

The national threat assessments will cover card compromise and logical/malware attacks

This interactive event follows the basic structure of EAST EGAF Member meetings.  Attendance at EAST EGAF meetings is limited, as it is a working group, and this event enables a wider participation and the opportunity for all attendees to engage with the Group and its organizers.

ATM Physical Attacks

The EAST FCS Seminars will be co-located with RBR’s ATM & Cyber Security 2019 event, although separate registration is required.


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44th EAST Meeting hosted by EKS

The 44th Meeting of EAST National Members was hosted by EURO Kartensysteme GmbH (EKS) in Frankfurt on 7th February 2018.  National country crime updates were provided by 21 countries. Topics covered included payment fraud and the evolution of payment technology, ATM malware and logical attacks, terminal related fraud attacks and ATM related physical attacks.

Presentations were given by staff from the German Federal Criminal Police Office – BKA (Bundeskriminalamt) and also by the EAST Payments Task Force (EPTF) and the EAST Expert Group on All Terminal Fraud (EGAF).  An update was given by the EAST Expert Group on ATM and ATS Physical Attacks (EGAP).

EAST Fraud Update 1-2018 will be produced later this month based on the updates provided at the meeting.  EAST Fraud Updates are available on the EAST Website to EAST Members.

Message from the Executive Director

The end of another busy year is almost upon us.  On behalf of the EAST Board I would like to thank everyone who has contributed towards the continued success of EAST this year – and it has been a very busy year.  In June we changed our name to become the European Association for Secure Transactions, the culmination of many discussions held by our Board and National Members, and positioning EAST to continue to be able to support the needs of our members in the fast changing payments landscape.  The announcement was made at our Third EAST FCS Forum in The Hague.  This well-attended event, the best yet, also featured two new interactive workshops run by EAST EGAF and EAST EGAP.

We held National Member meetings in Oslo in February (our 41st Meeting hosted by Bits AS), in The Hague in June (our 42nd Meeting hosted by Europol) and in Edinburgh in October (our 43rd Meeting hosted by the LINK Scheme).  In January Halo BCA joined EAST as a new National Member for Indonesia and in April Banorte IXE joined EAST as a new National Member for Mexico

The EAST Expert Group on All Terminal Fraud (EGAF), chaired by Otto de Jong, held three meetings in January, May and September, all hosted by ING in Amsterdam.  EGAF updated its guidelines on standardising terminology for locations of Card Data Compromise (CDC) devices at ATMs and also the definitions used to report and classify ATM fraud.  Law Enforcement participation is from Europol, the US Secret Service, the BKA and the French Gendarmerie (IRCGN).

The EAST Expert Group on ATM and ATS Physical Attacks (EGAP), chaired by Graham Mott, held two meetings in March and September, both in The Hague, one hosted by Europol and the other by the LINK Scheme.  Law Enforcement participation in this group is increasing with LEAs from 8 different countries participating, in addition to Europol.

The EAST Payments Task Force (EPTF), chaired by Rui Carvalho, held its first face-to-face meeting in April and its second meeting last month.  Both were hosted by the BPFI in Dublin.  This group will add value to the payments industry by using the unique and extensive EAST National Member platform and Associate Member network to provide information and outputs that are not currently available elsewhere.  Law Enforcement participation is from Europol and the US Secret Service.

In addition to the work of the above groups, we supported Law Enforcement during the year by presenting at:  the Europol Training on Payment Card Forensics; an INTERPOL event focussed on countering Cyber and Financial Crimes; Europol’s 4th Strategic Payment Card Fraud meeting in Asia; and Europol’s first combined Strategic Payment Card Fraud Meeting with representatives from Asia-Pacific, Europe and Latin America.

We took part in the 5th Europol-INTERPOL Cybercrime Conference and formalised a relationship with ASEANAPOL, another step forward in addressing the consequences of the spread of the activities of organised criminal groups across regions and globally.

We also presented at the following private sector events: the MasterCard Global Risk Leadership Conference – Europe, the NCR Fraud & Security Summit, the Third Latin America Security Forum, and the General Assembly of Vigie Billet.

EAST continues to keep abreast of the latest fraud trends and crime information, publishing our European Payment Terminal Crime Reports and European Fraud Updates.  Our thanks again go out to all the people and organisations that have shared information for the above, and for EAST Fraud Alerts (41 sent out this year to date), and EAST ATM Physical Attack Alerts (12 sent out this year to date).  Our first Payment Alert is expected to be published shortly.

EAST Associate Membership continues to grow.  We now have 192 Associate Member organisations from 52 countries and territories.  This membership category is open for worldwide application to all Banks, Law Enforcement (free membership available), and other approved ATM Stakeholder organisations.

Wherever you are reading this I would like to wish you a wonderful festive break and a very happy New Year!

Kind regards

Lachlan

 

Message from the Executive Director

Another year is almost over.  On behalf of the Board I would like to thank all those who have worked so hard to provide information, time and resources to help us to meet our targets and objectives.  Some of the highlights are as follows:

EAST National Members - badgeWe held National Member meetings in Stockholm in February (our 38th Meeting co-hosted by Bankomat AB and the Pan-Nordic Card Association), in The Hague in June (our 39th Meeting hosted by Europol) and in Bucharest in October (our 40th Meeting hosted by the Romanian Banking Association – ARB).  In January The Polish Bank Association (ZBP) joined EAST as the new National Member for Poland, taking over from Bank Zachodni WBK.
The EAST Expert Group on ATM Fraud - Logo

The EAST Expert Group on ATM Fraud (EGAF), chaired by Otto de Jong, held three meetings in January, May and September, all hosted by ING in Amsterdam.  EGAF members assisted Europol to translate the co-produced document ‘Guidance & recommendations regarding logical attacks on ATMs’ into German, Italian and Spanish.

The EAST Expert Group on ATM Physical Attacks - LogoThe EAST Expert Group on ATM Physical Attacks (EGAP), chaired by Graham Mott, held two meetings in March and September, both hosted by the LINK Scheme in London.  In February EGAP published a document entitled ‘ATM Physical Security Guidelines’ and in October a document with lists of the Manufacturers of ATM Protective devices.

The EAST Payments Task Force (EPTF), chaired by Rui Carvalho, continues to come together.  EAST has expanded its remit beyond ATMs to include all terminal types and the EAST focus is increasingly moving to Card Not Present (CNP) fraud issues which continue to rise.  A series of teleconferences have been held and the first face-to-face meeting is planned for 2017.

In March EAST supported Europol and represented the private sector at the Second Strategic Meeting on Payment Card Fraud (PCF) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.  I participated in this two day meeting which was co-organised with ASEANAPOL, with the cooperation of INTERPOL and the support of the Romanian National Police and the Royal Malaysian Police.

In May EAST joined forces with the Latin American Association of Operators Electronic Funds Transfer and Information Services (ATEFI) in order to further strengthen cross border cooperation in combating all types of payment crime including payment card fraud, hi-tech crime and ATM cyber and physical attacks.

In June Úna Dillon presented at the 2nd Europol Training Course on Payment Card Fraud Forensics and Investigations, which was held at the National Spanish Police Academy, Ávila, Spain, and at the 37th member meeting of the European Association of Payment Service Providers for Merchants (EPSM), which was held in Dublin, Ireland.

In August Rui Carvalho presented at the SAS Fraud & Security Intelligence Customer Connect event held in the USA at the SAS World Headquarters in Cary, North Carolina.    .

In December I presented on behalf of the private sector at the Third Strategic Meeting on Payment Card Fraud (PCF) organised by Europol in Bangkok, Thailand.  The event was co-organised with ASEANAPOL and INTERPOL with the support of the Romanian National Police and the Royal Thai Police, and was hosted by the Electronic Transactions Development Agency (ETDA), and the Ministry of Digital Economy and Society.

EAST continues to keep abreast of the latest fraud trends and crime information, publishing our European ATM Crime Reports and European Fraud Updates.  Our thanks go out to all the people and organisations that have shared information for the above, and for EAST ATM Fraud Alerts (49 sent out this year to date), and EAST ATM Physical Attack Alerts (3 sent out this year to date).

EAST Associate Members - badgeEAST Associate Membership continues to grow  both numerically and geographically.  We currently have 168 Associate Member organisations from 51 countries and territories. This membership category is open for worldwide application to all Banks, Law Enforcement (free membership available), and other approved ATM Stakeholder organisations

Lastly, registration is now open for our third Financial Crime and Security (FCS) Forum, EAST FCS 2017, which will be held on 8th/9th June 2017 in The Hague.  This event has an exciting new format which will include breakout sessions hosted by both EGAF and EGAP.  As I write early-bird registration discounts are still available.  It would be wonderful to meet you there.

On behalf of EAST, I would like to wish all readers a wonderful festive break and a very happy and fulfilling New Year.

Kind regards

Lachlan