Smartphones can steal data from credit cards just by being near them

If after this phrase you finally ready to throw the phone out the window and live like in the good old 90s, read on. The only problem is that the potential danger in every phone, which is located nearby.
Fortunately, not all cards are under attack, this only applies to "non-contact". According to preliminary information, only in USA these credit cards tens of millions, and all of them are designed this way so that they can be considered in the distance. If you have such cards — soon they will need to keep in a lead wallet.



That is, everything that you need for theft — a modern smartphone with NFC and a special program scanner. In full of people subway car you don't even realize that someone "entered" in your pocket. An attacker can easily penetrate through the dense coat and a thick wallet to steal your credit card on the airwaves.
The Creator of the program showed it at the exhibition DefCon 2012, as it suggests. The application can transfer data on credit card on the phone. Just stolen in London a credit card in a second it will be possible to pay in any corner of the world.

To protect yourself from such incidents, you can use "smart" wallet that is difficult to steal or lose.

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