Android malware PhantomCard hijacks NFC transactions, turning phones into relay devices, major banks warn customers.

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Most high-end Android phones have NFC sensors, including new phones such as the Galaxy S5, the new HTC One M8, and the Nexus 5. An NFC tag is a small embeddable chip containing information that ...

The app is NGate, the malware that can capture NFC data from payment cards close to the infected device, and then send it to the attackers, either directly, or via a proxy. It does so through an ...

Cybersecurity researchers have identified a new Android malware campaign called PhantomCard that targets banking customers in Brazil through NFC relay fraud and call hijacking techniques. The malware ...

RCBC Tap-to-Phone transforms any NFC-enabled Android smartphone into a secure point-of-sale (POS) terminal without the need ...

Many Android phones come with a dual-NFC antenna design to work around this problem. On the Galaxy S24 Ultra, the NFC coil sits slightly higher, while on the S25 Ultra, it’s positioned ...

Samsung's Galaxy S26 series is still roughly six months away from its release window, but it looks like the phones could get an NFC upgrade.

Sharp has released several Android tablets before this, not being a group that waits for updates to OS versions, all of them running pre-Honeycomb builds – save the Sharp Galapagos 7-inch tablet ...

Inside Secure hopes to make it easier for Android phone designers to use its NFC chips -- or those of its competitors -- with the release of a version of its Open NFC software stack for Android ...