Rising NFC-based attacks threaten contactless payments — Kaspersky

ATTACKS on Android smartphones based on near-field communication (NFC) to steal funds surged by 188% in the first four months of this year, posing risks to contactless payments, according to cybersecurity company Kaspersky. Kaspersky said its cybersecurity solutions blocked 35,600 attacks coming from Android malware families that use NFC techniques, including SuperCard X, PhantomCard, NGate, […]