{"id":59722,"date":"2024-08-23T20:12:21","date_gmt":"2024-08-23T20:12:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ushopwell.com\/ublog\/android-malware-steals-payment-card-data-using-previously-unseen-technique\/"},"modified":"2024-08-23T20:12:21","modified_gmt":"2024-08-23T20:12:21","slug":"android-malware-steals-payment-card-data-using-previously-unseen-technique","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ushopwell.com\/ublog\/android-malware-steals-payment-card-data-using-previously-unseen-technique\/","title":{"rendered":"Android malware steals payment card data using previously unseen technique"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div id=\"rss-wrap\">\n<figure class=\"intro-image intro-left\">\n  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/atm-bank-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"High angle shot of female hand inserting her bank card into automatic cash machine in the city. Withdrawing money, paying bills, checking account balances and make a bank transfer. Privacy protection, internet and mobile banking security concept\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"caption\" style=\"font-size:0.8em\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/atm-bank.jpg\" class=\"enlarge-link\" data-height=\"1414\" data-width=\"2121\">Enlarge<\/a> (credit: <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"caption-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/photo\/high-angle-shot-of-female-hand-inserting-her-bank-royalty-free-image\/1475209282\">d3sign<\/a>)<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<div><a name=\"page-1\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Newly discovered Android malware steals payment card data using an infected device\u2019s NFC reader and relays it to attackers, a novel technique that effectively clones the card so it can be used at ATMs or point-of-sale terminals, security firm ESET said.<\/p>\n<p>ESET researchers have named the malware NGate because it incorporates <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/nfcgate\/nfcgate\/blob\/v2\/doc\/Compatibility.md\">NFCGate<\/a>, an open source tool for capturing, analyzing, or altering NFC traffic. Short for <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Near-field_communication\">Near-Field Communication<\/a>, NFC is a protocol that allows two devices to wirelessly communicate over short distances.<\/p>\n<h2>New Android attack scenario<\/h2>\n<p>\u201cThis is a new Android attack scenario, and it is the first time we have seen Android malware with this capability being used in the wild,\u201d ESET researcher Lukas Stefanko said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch\">video<\/a> demonstrating the discovery. \u201cNGate malware can relay NFC data from a victim\u2019s card through a compromised device to an attacker\u2019s smartphone, which is then able to emulate the card and withdraw money from an ATM.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/?p=2045086#p3\">Read 7 remaining paragraphs<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/?p=2045086&amp;comments=1\">Comments<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wpematico_credit\"><small>Powered by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wpematico.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WPeMatico<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Enlarge (credit: d3sign) Newly discovered Android malware steals payment card data using an infected device\u2019s NFC reader and relays it to attackers, a novel technique that effectively clones the card so it can be used at ATMs or point-of-sale terminals, security firm ESET said. ESET researchers have named the malware NGate because it incorporates NFCGate, an open source tool for capturing, analyzing, or altering NFC traffic. 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