Zombie Card Attack Can Revive Expired Visa Cards for Contactless Payments

Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have demonstrated an attack that revives expired Visa contactless credit cards for real in-store purchases by rewriting the expiration date a point-of-sale POS terminal reads over near-field communication NFC, without breaking any of the card...

Specter-FlipperZero v2.7

Specter 👻 Sweep for the readers you can't see. -26E8CA?style=for-the-badge Specter turns your Flipper Zero into a pocket counter-surveillance bug-sweep for active 13.56 MHz NFC readers. It passively listens for the RF field that a powered-on reader is constantly emitting — a hidden card skimmer...

Specter 2.7

Specter turns your Flipper Zero into a pocket counter-surveillance bug-sweep for active 13.56 MHz NFC readers - a hidden card skimmer slipped into a payment terminal, a covert reader behind a door panel, a rogue logger taped under a desk. It passively senses the RF carrier that any powered-on...

WindRelay Android Malware Turns Victims' Phones Into NFC Relays for Payment Fraud

A previously unseen Android near field communication NFC relay malware family dubbed WindRelay is being deployed in conjunction with a known remote access trojan RAT called SpyNote as part of a contactless payment fraud scheme. The purpose-built malware, according to Group-IB, is designed to...

New Android malware lets criminals use your bank card in real time

Researchers at Group-IB have discovered a new NFC relay malware family, purpose-built to capture live card data via NFC and forward it in real time to attackers. They dubbed it "WindRelay." NFC Near Field Communication is wireless technology that allows devices such as smartphones, payment cards,...

firmware v1.16.1

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The vulnerability of the digital_in_recv_sdd_res() function in the net/nfc/digital_technology.c module of the NFC subsystem of the Linux operating system allows a attacker to compromise the confidentiality, integrity, and accessibility of the protected information.

The vulnerability of the digitalinrecvsddres function in the net/nfc/digitaltechnology.c module of the NFC subsystem of the Linux operating system is related to the copying of buffers without checking the input data. Exploiting this vulnerability could allow an attacker to influence the...

CVE-2026-66061 Home Assistant: iOS Companion app forwards NFC/QR tag scans without confirmation, enabling silent automation execution

Home Assistant is open source home automation software focused on local control and privacy. Prior to 2026.5.0, the iOS Companion app treats tag links NFC or QR delivered through an OS-level routing mechanism such as iOS universal links as if they were physically scanned, without validating the...

CVE-2026-66061

CVE-2026-66061 affects the Home Assistant project via its iOS Companion app. The root cause is that, prior to version 2026.5.0, tag links (NFC or QR) delivered through OS-level routing (e.g., iOS universal links) could be treated as if physically scanned without validating the calling app or prom...

CVE-2026-66060 Home Assistant: Unconfirmed NFC/QR tag scans allow silent automation execution by untrusted callers

Home Assistant is open source home automation software focused on local control and privacy. Prior to 2026.5.3, the Companion app treats tag links NFC or QR delivered through an OS-level routing mechanism as if they were physically scanned, without validating the calling app or prompting the user...

CVE-2026-66060

Home Assistant is open source home automation software focused on local control and privacy. Prior to 2026.5.3, the Companion app treats tag links NFC or QR delivered through an OS-level routing mechanism as if they were physically scanned, without validating the calling app or prompting the user...

CVE-2026-66060 Home Assistant: Unconfirmed NFC/QR tag scans allow silent automation execution by untrusted callers

Home Assistant is open source home automation software focused on local control and privacy. Prior to 2026.5.3, the Companion app treats tag links NFC or QR delivered through an OS-level routing mechanism as if they were physically scanned, without validating the calling app or prompting the user...

PT-2026-69142

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Home Assistant versions prior to 2026.8.1 Description The Companion app processes tag links NFC or QR received via OS-level routing as physical scans without validating the source app or requesting user confirmation. This allows an untrusted...

The vulnerability of the nfc_unregister_device() function in the net/nfc/core.c module of the NFC subsystem of the Linux operating system allows a attacker to compromise the confidentiality, integrity, and accessibility of the protected information.

The vulnerability of the nfcunregisterdevice function in the net/nfc/core.c module of the Linux NFC subsystem is related to the mutual locking of execution threads. Exploiting this vulnerability could allow an attacker to compromise the confidentiality, integrity, and accessibility of the protect...

Specter-FlipperZero v2.3

Specter 👻 Sweep for the readers you can't see. -26E8CA?style=for-the-badge Specter turns your Flipper Zero into a pocket counter-surveillance bug-sweep for active 13.56 MHz NFC readers. It passively listens for the RF field that a powered-on reader is constantly emitting — a hidden card skimmer...

Specter-FlipperZero v2.2

Specter 👻 Sweep for the readers you can't see. -26E8CA?style=for-the-badge Specter turns your Flipper Zero into a pocket counter-surveillance bug-sweep for active 13.56 MHz NFC readers. It passively listens for the RF field that a powered-on reader is constantly emitting — a hidden card skimmer...

OESA-2026-3191 python-setuptools security update

Setuptools is a collection of enhancements to the Python distutils that allow you to more easily build and distribute Python packages, especially ones that have dependencies on other packages. Security Fixes: setuptools is a package that allows users to download, build, install, upgrade, and...

CVE-2026-17910

An insufficient policy enforcement flaw was found in the NFC component of the Chromium browser. Upstream bugs: https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=501749600...

CVE-2026-17904

An insufficient policy enforcement flaw was found in the NFC component of the Chromium browser. Upstream bugs: https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=497337759...

Specter-FlipperZero v2.1

Specter 👻 Sweep for the readers you can't see. -26E8CA?style=for-the-badge Specter turns your Flipper Zero into a pocket counter-surveillance bug-sweep for active 13.56 MHz NFC readers. It passively listens for the RF field that a powered-on reader is constantly emitting — a hidden card skimmer...