What are contactless legacy modes and why were they introduced in early 2010s? Researcher Peter Fillmore was the first to draw public attention to the insecurity of contactless legacy modes back in 2014. Therefore, banks often dispute such customer complaints. A distinct feature of frauds involving contactless cards is that they are difficult to prove since the attacker doesn’t need physical access to the victim’s card. None of these problems were solved since the early 2000s furthermore, after the introduction of contactless payments, their severity increased greatly. Most of them exploit the backward compatibility and other shortcomings of the main EMV mechanisms: authorization, authentication, and verification.Īfter testing a few dozen cards, I was shocked by the scope of problems plaguing banks. Technologically, the NFC set of protocols is a successor to the EMV standard therefore, attacks on contactless cards are similar to those targeting EMV cards. First contact: How hackers steal money from bank cards.First contact: An introduction to credit card security.
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