ATM NFC Hack | WingNews

[+] jbverschoor|4 years ago|reply

It's not an "NFC" hack. It's a terminal hack over NFC. The first time I saw this article I thought there was something wrong in the NFC protocol or one of the NFC applications.

[+] ourmandave|4 years ago|reply

You might score north of $10K if you're lucky and/or hit a few.

But given all the cameras on and around an ATM this would be a quick way to living your life looking over your shoulder.

[+] jbverschoor|4 years ago|reply

Really? Here stolen cards are used everyday by people either wearing a helmet, masks, or nothing at all. They even bomb the ATMs, and never get caught. Don't trust that the police catches these guys most of the time. And don't trust banks who say they only got away with a few hundred bucks.

[+] cogburnd02|4 years ago|reply

Unless you obscured your face with e.g. a motorcycle helmet or something.

[+] fouc|4 years ago|reply

Terminator 2 ATM hacking scene, except by waving a phone.

[+] gumby|4 years ago|reply

Now I see how obi-wan did it. Waves hand. “These are the PIN digits you’re looking for.”

[+] jbverschoor|4 years ago|reply

Easy money!

[+] aliasEli|4 years ago|reply

Yet another buffer overflow. Probably the software is written by some C/C++ developers who swear that those never occur in their code. Given the large number of security problems that have been caused by buffer overflows and similar problems, I find it very sad that any programs that need security are still written in C/C++.

[+] mnd999|4 years ago|reply

Please don’t skip the prove hypothesis part when drawing conclusions. It’s at best disingenuous.

[+] netr0ute|4 years ago|reply

C/C++ isn't the issue, it's the lack of not using memory-safe features like smart pointers which you'll need C++ for.

[+] FounderBurr|4 years ago|reply

If you can’t be trusted to handle basic, simple non-creative tasks like managing memory and buffers you are not actually a professional programmer, though you might have convinced an employer otherwise.

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