Bit9

Given that the encryption is moving into firmware of embedded chips and devices, it is just the matter of time that this types of attacks will become a common place. Researchers at Cambridge University have used paperclips and needles to tap into chip and pin terminals to record a magnetic stripe data and PIN from ATM cards. Needless to say, you do not need to break into an ATM, a typical cash register would do just fine.

Connecting onto pin terminals harks back to attacks and investigations of the past, but just as MBR Rootkits is making a comeback.