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New Android SuperCard X Malware Employs NFC-Relay Technique for Fraudulent POS & ATM Withdrawals

New Android SuperCard X Malware Employs NFC-Relay Technique for Fraudulent POS & ATM Withdrawals

The sophisticated Android malware campaign ‘SuperCard X’, potentially a product of a Chinese-speaking MaaS platform, uses a unique NFC relay technique to fraudulently authorize POS payments and ATM withdrawals by intercepting signals from compromised devices. The malware is spread through social engineering, tricking victims into installing a malicious “Reader” application, which then sends their card data to an attacker’s “Tapper” device. With this tool, transactions can be conducted remotely and quickly.

Source: cybersecuritynews.com –

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