Zombie Cards: How Expired Visa Cards Pose a New Fraud Risk
Researchers at the Usenix Cybersecurity Conference revealed a technique that lets fraudsters turn expired Visa cards into functional contactless payment tools. The method, called 'zombifying,' exploits the card's remaining data. This poses a new risk for discarded or lost cards.
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The technique, demonstrated at the Usenix Cybersecurity Conference by University of Massachusetts Amherst researchers, relies on a relay
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