Now It Is Certain: NFC Data For Contactless Payments Are The New Target. Here Is What You Need To Know.
ESET, June 27,2025
How a novel attack scenario spotted in Eastern Europe became a global threat.
In late 2023, when ESET researchers discovered a novel attack method abusing the near field communications (NFC) data of Czech banking customers, they warned about the possibility of its expansion into other regions or countries.
Sadly, but not surprisingly, the worst-case scenario has happened, and threat actors are now using similar techniques all around the world. This trend is clearly demonstrated by the total number of NFC attacks reported by ESET telemetry surging more than 35 times in H1 2025 compared to H2 2024, according to the ESET Threat Report H1 2025.