{
  "id": 1470490,
  "title": "WindRelay Android Malware Turns Victims' Phones Into NFC Relays for Payment Fraud",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/windrelay-android-malware-turns-victims-phones-into-nfc-relays-for",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-08-13T11:53:14.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hacker News",
    "slug": "the-hacker-news",
    "url": "https://thehackernews.com/2026/08/windrelay-android-malware-turns-victims.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A previously unseen Android near field communication (NFC) relay malware family dubbed WindRelay is being deployed in conjunction with a known remote access trojan (RAT) called SpyNote as part of a contactless payment fraud scheme. The purpose-built malware, according to Group-IB, is designed to capture live card data via NFC and transmit it to fraudsters in real time. It was first detected in",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}