Zombie Card Attack Revives Expired Visa Cards for Real Purchases

Zombie Card Attack Revives Expired Visa Cards for Real Purchases

Learn about the Zombie Card Attack and how expired cards can be exploited for unauthorized purchases using smartphones.

The card that fights back: India’s next era of payment card security

By Naresh Rao, VP & Sales Head Issuance Products, Giesecke+Devrient (G+D) India’s digital payments ecosystem has become one of the world’s biggest success stories. From neighborhood Kirana stores to global […] The post The card that fights back: India’s next era of payment card security appeared first on Express Computer.

Zombie Card Attack Can Revive Expired Visa Cards for Contactless Payments

Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have demonstrated an attack that revives expired Visa contactless credit cards for real in-store purchases by rewriting the expiration date a point-of-sale (POS) terminal reads over near-field communication (NFC), without breaking any of the card’s cryptography. The attack, which the researchers named “Zombie Card,” requires physical possession of the expired card or sustained NFC proximity …