Cybersecurity M&A Roundup: 33 Deals Announced in August 2026
SecurityWeek tallied 33 cybersecurity M&A deals announced in August 2026, headlined by Visa's $2.4B BioCatch buy and Munich Re's $575M At-Bay acquisition.
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8 articles · newest firstVisa enhances A2A Protect to stop fraud before money leaves the account
Visa enhanced A2A Protect with a Featurespace-powered unified fraud score to help banks stop account-to-account fraud before funds leave accounts.
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⚡ Weekly Recap: AI-Powered PLC Attacks, GitLab Attacks, Stripe Key Leaks and More
US agencies warn of AI-assisted attacks on exposed Siemens PLCs; the week also saw GitLab CVE-2026-19478 exploited and trojanized npm packages found.
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Risky Bulletin: Expired cards can be used for new transactions
Researchers show expired Visa contactless cards can be revived via NFC man-in-the-middle relay to run fraudulent transactions; roundup also covers major breaches.
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Your Expired Visa Card Could Be ‘Zombified’ to Make Contactless Payments
Roundup: expired Visa cards can be revived for contactless payments via NFC relay; plus Apple spyware warnings and Ukraine cyberattacks on Russian e-commerce.
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Your Shredded Visa Card May Still Work at the Checkout
UMass Amherst researchers demonstrated expired Visa contactless cards can complete real purchases via relay attacks exploiting Visa Kernel 3's unsigned expiry date handling.
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Zombie Card Attack Can Revive Expired Visa Cards for Contactless Payments
UMass Amherst researchers demonstrate Zombie Card, an NFC relay attack that revives expired Visa contactless cards for in-store purchases without breaking cryptography.
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Researchers find a loophole that lets expired credit cards make unauthorized payments
UMass Amherst researchers showed at USENIX Security 2026 that NFC relay attacks can rewrite unprotected expiration dates, letting expired Visa contactless cards keep making payments.
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- University of Massachusetts Amherstorganization · 4
- Mastercardvendor · 4
- American Expressvendor · 3
- Discovervendor · 3
- Visa Kernel 3product · 2
- GitLabvendor · 1
- Palo Alto Networksvendor · 1
- SecurityWeekorganization · 1
- Lumenorganization · 1
- CTEMproduct · 1
- Consolevendor · 1
- UNC7005threat actor · 1
- American Expressorganization · 1
- Featurespaceorganization · 1
- Apollo Global Managementvictim · 1
- ShinyHuntersthreat actor · 1
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