Below is a media alert from Trusteer’s CTO on a new Tatanga attack against chipTAN systems used by banks in Germany to generate unique transaction authentication numbers (TAN).
Tatanga checks the user account details including the number of accounts, supported currency, balance/limit details. It then chooses the account from which it could steal the highest amount and initiates the transfer.
Trusteer has discovered a new Tatanga attack against chipTAN systems used by banks in Germany to generate unique transaction authentication numbers (TAN). chipTAN requires that the bank card for the account be inserted in the device to generate a TAN that is specific to the current transaction.
- AMIT KLEIN, CTO, TRUSTEER
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