Open, Visa cardholder discovered by researchers from the University of Birmingham and the University of Surrey Apple Pay affecting its users. attackers,
Discovered by Andreea-Ina Radu, Tom Chothia, Christopher JP Newton, Ioana Boureanu, and Liqun Chen, At the 2022 IEEE Security and Privacy Symposium will be published.
Hackers can bypass the Apple Pay system
The error is only Apple Pay Researchers, who stated that it occurs on Visa cards defined in the system, stated that Apple Express Transit mode He underlined that they can receive payment without unlocking the device, thanks to the
Making a statement on the subject, the researchers said, “Apple Pay sends a unique signal to the iPhone to unlock it. By emulating this signal, Express Transit mod can be exploited. Hackers can get paid without requiring a password by bypassing the iPhone lock screen.” used the phrases.
RF signal The researchers, who carried out the attack with devices that can imitate, successfully made the payment even though the iPhone was locked.
Noting that this vulnerability is not very useful in practice, the researchers stated that the security measures created by banks would largely prevent such attacks.
Contacting Zdnet Visa, “This type of attack is unfortunately not new. However, we would like to point out that such attacks are not very common and our customers should not worry.” said.
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