APPetite for destruction, Apps that can Skim your credit card data

Not long ago I wrote a blog post on the new wave of smartphones that are NFC enabled that can use free apps to skim credit cards and the potential threat that anyone with a NFC enabled phone can potentially skim your credit cards. So protecting your credit cards from electronic pickpockets in this new age of NFC enabled phones just got a little bit more necessary.

Now you have to think about every APP you download.

Because every APP could hold a Trojan program inside that runs in the background and basically searches via your NFC enabled smartphone for credit cards details.

The credit cards that use the RFID chip like Visa cards PayWave, MasterCard PayPass or American Express’s ExpresPay.

So next time you drop your phone inside your handbag or by your wallet watch out it may be your skimmers best friend.

Your phone with the rogue App installed will locate the RFID enabled cards, interrogate them for their data and secretly email those credit card numbers to a criminal 3rd party without you ever knowing it.

Pretty scary stuff isn’t it.

Well, the only way to protect yourself truly is to put an ARMOURCARD inside your wallet alongside all your RFID enabled credit / debit cards.

ARMOURCARD’s patented ACTIVE RFID & NFC protection actually jams all RFID & NFC signals running on the most common bandwidth for contact-less devices of 13.56Mhz.

So even if you have a rogue APP there is NO chance it could get your credit card data,  ARMOURCARD would instantly power up when the APP would try and communicate with the cards and jam the signals.

Isn’t it time you started to protect your own identity and data!

Walt, one of our US competitors is again on the PR trail and showing just how easy it is these days with trojan APPs.

We think Walt does a great job getting the message out there, so thanks, Walt.

We just don’t believe that passive RFID blocking wallets or shielding sleeves (like what Walt stocks) are the best way for protecting your data.

In-fact there are many reports by industries top hacking security experts* stating that these passive blocking wallets and sleeves at the very BEST may limit the distance too which a reader can read your cards but mostly if a reader is dialled up in power and antenna strength these passive RFID blocking wallets and sleeves WILL BE penetrated.

The choice is yours it’s your personal data, we chose active protection that is why we developed ARMOURCARD.

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Source^ Passive Shields or metallic wallets Only reduce the signal strength, this will not block a high-powered RFID reader Source: Credit Card Fraud The contactless Generation | Kristin Paget | Chief Hacker, Recursion Ventures. – See more at: https://armourcard.com/rfid-blocking/

Aluma Wallet – PLUS a FREE set of Steak Knives

There are many RFID wallets on the market and none are as aggressive in their advertising as the Aluma Wallet.

We applaud Aluma Wallet for helping educate the public on the issue of needing RFID protection, as most people either didn’t even know there was an issue or just never thought it would happen to them.

So first up…

well done for getting it out there.

Aluma Wallet quite rightly states several very real statistics on their infomercials and they believe that a hard aluminium cased wallet offers some level of protection against electronic pickpocketing.

We at ARMOURCARD have done our own research and we were not satisfied that the level of protection these aluminium wallets like Aluma Wallet give actually prevents a dialled up power RFID reader from penetrating their metal cases.

To us, they seem a little ‘analog’ and at the very best may limit the distance an RFID reader can interrogate your credit cards from, apart from the fact that they are ugly, bulky and can easily slip out of your pocket (so you may actually lose your wallet)

No that wasn’t just why we developed ARMOURCARD which offers our latest ‘patented Active RFID Protection’

Plus the fact that with ARMOURCARD you can own any wallet you like and not be forced to buy any ugly RFID protection claiming wallet to get at least what is perceived to be some ‘passive’ protection.

No we developed ARMOURCARD and patented our new ‘Active RFID Protection’ that actually jams the RFID & NFC signals so no queries from a reader regardless how powerful the reader is dialled up or how big the antenna is, will no circumvent ARMOURCARD’s jammng technology.

Now ask yourself this…

Do you want to be told to buy an ugly, bulky aluminium wallet that may or may not protect your personal data from electronic skimming

or

Do you want the latest ‘Active RFID Protection’ that actively tackles the problem differently and in better more secure way

NOT from passively, maybe, hopefully trying to block a signal?..

BUT actively jams all RFID & NFC signals using the most common bandwidth used for contact-less devices of 13.56Mhz.

We asked that same question and that is why we developed ARMOURCARD, to protect our own personal data,

Now you can protect yours.

Video: America Now News Report putting Aluma Wallets claims to the test

 

Electronic Pickpocketing is a very real problem.

In this report by KOMO 4 News in Seattle, it shows how easy it is to be electronically pick-pocketed. Now with the influx of new smartphones on the market that are Near Field Communication (NFC) enabled teamed with free apps anyone can now skim your credit cards and use them with ease. Credit Card Protection is needed now more than ever.

It seems even the card issuing companies like MasterCard are finally admitting (although with smoke and mirrors) there is an issue.

The official response by MasterCard

It’s aware of the situation…

The circumstances under which it can occur in the real world are extremely rare

We don’t consider this to be a serious threat to our cardholders.

Beth Kitchener
Mastercard Worldwide

Sounds a lot like a position from a company who has invested billions in the roll-out of this vulnerable technology and have accessed the risk (to them) not to their customers and that risk is acceptable.

It seems they have recently changed position, as not long ago they told us they have never heard of a case of electronic pickpocketing being reported.? Which in itself is rather strange as how are you to know you where ePickpocketted in the first place as no physical loss of cards, so who would know when and how it happened.

If your looking to protect yourself from this type of growing crime discover how ARMOURCARD protects your credit cards

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It just got easier for criminals to read your RFID cards data with this FREE app.

A smartphone app, which allows the user to read RFID cards like credit card information through wallets and purses, is cause for concern amongst consumers that carry credit cards with radio-frequency identification (RFID) technology, according to experts.

The free app, available on the Samsung Galaxy S3 through the Google Play store, allows the phone to read the RFID chip on a credit card, picking up the cardholder’s name, credit card number and expiry date, according to a CBC investigation.

A quote from David Skillicorn, a professor at the school of computing at Queens University.

But there is nothing inherent in the technology that says it has to be within three to four inches if you turn the power up you can push it out to 10 or 15 feet,

That’s where the trouble starts because now you don?t have to be very close to the credit card or the passport in order to read the information on it.

The CBC investigation into the application revealed that credit card information could be read through wallets, pockets and purses using the phones near field communication (NFC) antenna. Theoretically, this means that someone using the app could gain access to your credit card information by just standing near you.

Read the full article on Canada’s Global News website

CBC – video report below.

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Electronic Pickpockets – Will you even know you have been skimmed?

A recent report filed by Alyssa Reilly on the increase in electronic pickpockets. An interesting point made by the policeman is its extremely hard to know when this crime happens to you, as no physical contact is made for the crime to be perpetrated. This means no one really knows when or how.

As ARMOURCARD is new technology most of these stories only know of passive blocking means which can also be compromised. The word will get out that active RFID protection offered by ARMOURCARD’s patented technology is far superior to passive RFID blocking.

Why would you risk your data & identity being skimmed.

It’s time to take control, get active RFID protection with ARMOURCARD today!

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Australia – Police bust card fraud ring, taxi with credit card skimming
devices installed as a way of getting your card details

With all the flack taxi drivers have gotten over the last few years, like not knowing where to go to even major landmarks like “take me to the Sydney Opera House” and the driver doesn’t know where it is and has to ring someone for directions or perhaps can’t speak English well enough to understand.

Plus once the smell of body odour settles inside the cab, it’s the extortionate prices you get charged if your one of the lucky ones to get a cab late night in most major cities.

Now you have to be on the look-out for credit card skimming devices fitted to the payment terminals within a cab.

Find out the 10 best tips to protect your identity from theft here

The NSW police force arrested & charged a 37 year old Sydney man on Wednesday with more than 30 offences relating to fraud, money laundering and illegally dealing with identity information.

The officers from strike force Somersham also raided a Punchbowl home, in the cities south-west & seized blank cards, computer equipment and sheets of credit card numbers.

The police spokeswomen said…

stolen credit card information used to produce bogus cards resulted purchases totaling hundreds of thousands.

Police allege that the victims’ card details were stolen when paying for goods on devices fitted with card skimmers, including devices that have been fitted to taxis.

There is never more a time to be vigilant with protecting your personal identity from theft.

Buy ARMOURCARD today and start to take back control.