Senior writer at Forbes covering cybercrime, privacy and surveillance. It shouldn’t be easy to clone cards using magstripe data on contactless payment cards. Bank issuers strip out critical “track ...

A NEW strain of malware is ripping through Android devices and cloning people's bank cards, letting hackers go on spending sprees with cash that isn't theirs. The hacking campaign, which was first ...

Security researchers have created a coin-sized device for around US$10 that can hack and clone contactless key cards used by staff to gain admittance to hundreds of thousands of offices around the ...