Search for ‘pump skimmer’ using your favorite search engine’s news search feature, and you’ll see local media headlines nearly every day reporting on recently discovered fuel pump skimmers. A recent search showed reports from Dallas; Prescott, Ariz.; Houston; Cape Coral, Fla.; Denver; and Saginaw, Mich. all in a one-week period in early 2019. In 2018 in Florida, the state Department of Agriculture reported skimming incidents were on track to be up nearly 30% year-over-year, a trend that, based on the number of media reports, appeared to be the case across the nation. First and foremost, because they are usually unattended. Second, because pump card-reading equipment is generally older, easier to manipulate, and card reads are largely done via a magnetic stripe swipe. Generally, an attacker will only place a skimmer on a single fueling position at a given site. These are typically less-visible fueling positions to the in-store staff. They will use tactics such as opening their vehicle door to block station personnel and other customers from viewing their activity. ‘Shimming,’ is a new technique to steal card data from chip cards. While still relatively uncommon, shimming ...