Square system shown to be vulnerable to credit card fraud

Security researchers have demonstrated two potential vulnerabilities in Square's mobile payment system, which can reportedly be used to process fraudulent transactions. In a demonstration at the Black Hat security conference, Aperture Labs directors Adam Laurie and Zac Franken converted magnetic stripe data into a sound file to trick the Square mobile app into believing a card was being run through the swipe dongle for smartphones....



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