Dutch police arrest two over AI bank calls and NFC card fraud
Police say a fake banking app copied NFC card data so accomplices could withdraw cash from 170 victims.
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Plug-and-Play Quantum-Resistant BLE Pairing for Medical Implants via NFC Out-of-Band
Researchers propose NFC out-of-band post-quantum BLE pairing for implants that avoids transmitting shared secrets.
Banks and Credit Unions to Team Up Against Apple Pay Fees
A federal judge certified a class of US card issuers suing Apple over Apple Pay transaction fees.
VU#676317: Norwegian Cruise Line door access controller contains an improper authentication vulnerability
CERT warns Norwegian Cruise Line door readers accept cloned RFID UIDs, allowing forged keycards into restricted ship areas.
ZDI-26-685: Linux Kernel NFC NCI UART Driver Race Condition Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
ZDI discloses a race condition in the Linux kernel NFC NCI UART driver (CVE-2025-38416, CVSS 8.8) allowing local low-privileged attackers to escalate privileges.
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.
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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New Android malware relays bank cards to fraudsters while victims still hold them
Group-IB discovered WindRelay Android malware that streams NFC card data in real time, paired with SpyNote RAT, targeting Czechia, Slovakia, and Slovenia.
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WindRelay Android Malware Turns Victims' Phones Into NFC Relays for Payment Fraud
Group-IB details WindRelay, a new Android NFC relay malware paired with SpyNote RAT to relay card data live for contactless payment fraud and loans.