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Wallet-snatch hack: ApplePay ‘vulnerable to attack’, claim researchers

Are you using payment system over public Wi‑Fi?

By John Leyden 28 Jul 2017
 

 

Black Hat USA Security researchers say they have come up with two separate “attacks” against ApplePay, highlighting what they claim are weaknesses in the mobile payment method.

 

One of the attacks developed by the white hats, and presented at Black Hat USA yesterday, requires a jailbroken device to work, but the other assault does not.

 

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