Can someone steal your credit card info from your pocket? Yes, if you have a contactless card with an RFID chip, the data can be read from it. What can help steal your credit card info? Contactless payment cards have radio frequency identification tags in them which can be read Read more…
We present to your attention a presentation showing the ease of hacking RFID devices and access to data using standard NFC smartphones. The presentation describes potential RFID vulnerabilities in various devices (Mifare, RFID biometric passports, Mastercard PayPass, VISA PayWave), and how to exploit them using NFC smartphones. It shows how Read more…
Is PCI DSS 3.2 an incompatible truth with contactless payment cards and an inconvenient truth for Banks and card issuers? The following is an interpretation of the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard version 3.2 (PCI DSS 3.2) against the data readily accessible from a contactless card. It suggests that Read more…