“Ghost Tap” Rising: New Wave of Android Malware Turns Phones into Digital Pickpockets

Ghost Tap — Group-IB reports a growing underground market for NFC-enabled Android malware that enables remote tap-to-pay fraud by relaying victims' card NFC signals to attackers via paired 'Reader' and 'Tapper' apps; vendors sell subscriptions and illicit POS hardware through Telegram, with documented financial losses, dozens of APK variants, and international arrests.