Bugs in Mobile Credit Card Readers Could Expose Buyers
Bugs in Mobile Credit Card Readers Could Expose Buyers
Security, Spoken · SpokenLayer
August 10, 20185m 42s
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Show Notes
The tiny, portable credit card readers you use to pay at farmer's markets, bake sales, and smoothie shops are convenient for consumers and merchants alike. But while more and more transactions are passing through them, devices from four of the leading companies in the space—Square, SumUp, iZettle, and PayPal—turn out to have a variety of concerning security flaws.
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