Android loophole allows Google Wallet to leak credit card details via NFC, fix coming

Malcontent · Sep 13, 2023

A loophole in Android, though, has allowed access to credit card details with the right NFC hardware, but Google is actively delivering a fix.

The issue, which affects all Android devices running Android 5.0 and higher, is a loophole that relates back to Android’s “Screen Pinning” tool, which allows users to lock an app on screen until a PIN is entered. When Screen Pinning is enabled, the “Ask for PIN before unpinning” option is turned on, and “Require device unlock for NFC” is turned on, this loophole can expose your credit card information. This requires Google Wallet to be housing a credit/debit card that’s set up for in-store NFC payments.
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Android loophole allows Google Wallet to leak credit card details via NFC, fix coming

longshots · Sep 13, 2023

As detailed on GitHub, a security issue that’s been given the marker CVE-2023-35671 affects Android devices and allows access to full credit card details through NFC devices like the popular Flipper Zero tool.
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I signed up for that [Flipper Zero] at Kickstarter when I first saw it. Much fun to be had with that.

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