What are we talking about?
The news is from 08/22/2024 and its scope is so serious that the spokesperson for Google immediately reassured the online magazine infosecurity-magazine that at the moment there are no apps with the NGate malware on the play store.
I think you should spread this article.
We go deeper
If I told you that any contactless door can be opened without any problems, maybe a hotel door, and that your credit cards are at risk? It’s not about cloning a card to make a mirror copy, but here it’s about a bug/backdoor that exploits that eludes the card security system.
So we are not talking about:
- Clone a debit/credit card for personal or fraudulent use in cash withdrawal payments.
- Clone your own debit/credit card so that your wife/children can use contactless without having to issue additional cards.
- Clone a public transport service subscription card, a subscription plus users that they can use.
- Clone your company badge to certify your presence at work thanks to your buddy who certifies your presence in your place. Also for this case, obsolete IT systems are used.
If everything is clear, we are not talking about cloning but about a backdoor.
We understand better what this is about
A hardware backdoor has been discovered in FM11RF08S , a new variant of the Mifare Classic cards manufactured by Shanghai Fudan Microelectronics.
You are a Mao Mao if you believe that everything is safe, surely in every chip there is a backdoor!
The banks in the Czech Republic have suffered a more sophisticated fraud that exploited the bug and a malware the news is from August 20, 2024 click here .
At the moment there is no other news, in any case the whole contactless world is at risk!
How to deactivate contactless
It depends on that provides you with the service, for example with my card I have full control both in activation and in the NFC expense limits.
Advice Deactivate contactless on your credit/debit card.