Got an Android phone? Got a tap-to-pay card? Then you’re like millions of other users now at risk from a new form of cybercrime – malware that can read your credit or debit card and hand its data over to an attacker.
A newly discovered malicious program effectively turns Android phones into malicious tap machines that vacuum up payment card data and send it to cybercriminals half a world away. All you have to do is install the software and tap your card to your phone – and criminals excel at persuading you to do just that. The malware, which cybersecurity company Cleafy calls SuperCard X, uses a feature now found in most Android phones: near-field communication (NFC).
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Source: Malwarebytes Labs
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