Brian Krebs from Krebsonsecurity.com fame is one of my must-read bloggers. IMHO, Brian is one of the sharpest internet security analysts around and he's also a prolific and excellent writer on security issues - I highly recommend that you subscribe to his blog. Today's article was about ATM skimmers and the slick methods that thieves use to steal the information in the magnetic stripe on the card; it also goes into detail about how they can steal your PIN # and it turns out that one of the methods involves putting a micro-camera in the skimming device so it visually records your keystrokes when you enter your PIN #... here's a valuable tip extracted fromt the article:
"Whether or not your card has a chip in it, one way to defeat skimmers that rely on hidden cameras (and that's most of them) is to simply cover the PIN pad with your hand when entering your PIN: That way, if even if the thieves somehow skim your card, there is less chance that they will be able to snag your PIN as well. "
Wow - so simple! Thanks for a great tip Brian... to read the rest of the article or to subscribe to this great, free blog, go to http://krebsonsecurity.com/2015/07/spike-in-atm-skimming-in-mexico/