Tag: Contactless Payment
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The $10,000 Pocket Pick: How Hackers Can Drain Your iPhone Without Unlocking It
A disconcerting narrative regarding the iPhone and the surreptitious theft of funds from a locked device has once again ignited trepidation across the digital landscape. Superficially, the stratagem manifests as an exquisite nightmare: a smartphone remains sequestered in one’s pocket, its display securely locked, while an adversary successfully debits a substantial sum from the tethered…
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Tap-and-Steal: New NFC Banking Malware Exploits Android’s HCE for Ghost Payments
Across Eastern Europe, security researchers have observed a sharp surge in malicious Android applications exploiting contactless data transfer technologies to steal banking information. According to Zimperium, more than 760 apps have been detected in recent months leveraging NFC relay techniques to gain unauthorized access to payment data. Unlike traditional banking trojans that spoof interfaces or…
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NFC Fraud Explodes 35x: New Attacks Hijack Contactless Payments via NFCGate Malware
ESET researchers have identified a new wave of cyberattacks exploiting data from contactless payments via NFC technology. Initially targeting clients of Czech banks, this malicious campaign has now begun to spread rapidly across the globe. According to ESET’s latest Threat Report for the first half of 2025, the number of NFC-related attacks has surged thirty-fivefold…