Category Archives: EMV

Are there any contactless (RFID/NFC) card vulnerabilities that are still unsolved? even minor ones

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The title is pretty self explanatory. The market is pretty secretive about these kinds of matter since companies won’t give out vulnerabilities for attackers to abuse and will give out vulnerabilities that are solved and attackers would th… Continue reading Are there any contactless (RFID/NFC) card vulnerabilities that are still unsolved? even minor ones→

Man-in-the-Middle Attack Makes PINs Useless for VISA Cards

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EMV protocol is vulnerable to a man-in-the-middle attack All VISA credit cards are affected VISA has to issue update for POS terminals Swiss security researchers have discovered a way to bypass the PIN authentication for Visa contactless transactions. … Continue reading Man-in-the-Middle Attack Makes PINs Useless for VISA Cards→

Is Your Chip Card Secure? Much Depends on Where You Bank

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Chip-based credit and debit cards are designed to make it infeasible for skimming devices or malware to clone your card when you pay for something by dipping the chip instead of swiping the stripe. But a recent series of malware attacks on U.S.-based merchants suggest thieves are exploiting weaknesses in how certain financial institutions have implemented the technology to sidestep key chip card security features and effectively create usable, counterfeit cards. Continue reading Is Your Chip Card Secure? Much Depends on Where You Bank→