Zombie credit card attack (IMAGE)

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Zombie credit card attack

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The loophole that enables an expired credit card to be revived is based on a relay system using software that can be run on two standard smartphones and the physical card. The researchers found it worked across a variety of point-of-sale terminals.

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Raja Hasnain Anwar, UMass Amherst

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To be used in covering the study "Zombie Cards Back Online: Reviving Expired Credit Cards for Contactless Payments"

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