As helpful as a Square Reader may be for purchases at trendy stores, you’ll want to watch out — in the right circumstances, they can also be used to steal your credit card info. Security researchers have discovered that you can physically disable the encryption the device uses to protect your financial info, turning the Reader into a tiny, portable card skimmer. There’s also a way to record the signal created by your card when you swipe its magnetic stripe on an unmodified Reader, which theoretically lets evildoers charge your card without approval.
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Cellphones, Peripherals, Tablets, Mobile
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Tags: cardskimmer, mobilepostcross, peripherals, reader, retail, security, shopping, skimmer, skimming, square, squarereader
As helpful as a Square Reader may be for purchases at trendy stores, you’ll want to watch out — in the right circumstances, they can also be used to steal your credit card info. Security researchers have discovered that you can physically disable the encryption the device uses to protect your financial info, turning the Reader into a tiny, portable card skimmer. There’s also a way to record the signal created by your card when you swipe its magnetic stripe on an unmodified Reader, which theoretically lets evildoers charge your card without approval.
Filed under:
Cellphones, Peripherals, Tablets, Mobile
Comments
Via:
Motherboard
Source:
Black Hat, HackerOne
Tags: cardskimmer, mobilepostcross, peripherals, reader, retail, security, shopping, skimmer, skimming, square, squarereader
