One option that seemed to have promise was basically a coil around the card slot area that would detect signals from rogue electronics being placed anywhere on/around the cardslot.
I assume it’s some sort of defense mechanism against skimmers, but I have no idea whether that’s actually the case. (I mean, at first sight those weird protrusions seemed like skimmers to me because they definitely look like foreign objects. But they are not.)
They've been popping up over the UK as well, but the first few times I saw them they looked more like skimmers than security devices. As per the article, they don't really prevent skimming anyway.
“It [the skimmer] will immediately disrupt those wishing to operate via Russian ATMs: A majority of the BINs [Bank Identification Numbers] of Russian banks are hardwired into the chip; they are not processed.”
I wonder whats behind that move; are russian banks more dangerous to have as an enemy? Did they pay ransom money to the developer?
Infact, this is them http://krebsonsecurity.com/2011/03/green-skimmers-skimming-g...