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The practice VM

Xubuntu 26.04 with libnfc, pcscd and the Python stacks installed and working together, plus Cardpeek, the NFCGate server, the Proxmark3 client, ATRIUM, Plexus and the SIMtrace2 T=1 research. Free, and it needs no account.

v1.1
File
Payment Systems 2026 - Xubuntu 26.04.zip
Size
5.72 GB
Published
2026-09-30
SHA-256
805f06e35ce81c777c600dd752ed578766b9302d24e4641e470dec0c464601e7
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Verify the download

The checksum proves the file arrived exactly as it was published. After downloading both files into the same folder, run one of these.

Linux
sha256sum -c "Payment Systems 2026 - Xubuntu 26.04.zip.sha256"
macOS
shasum -a 256 -c "Payment Systems 2026 - Xubuntu 26.04.zip.sha256"
Windows (PowerShell)
(Get-FileHash 'Payment Systems 2026 - Xubuntu 26.04.zip' -Algorithm SHA256).Hash -eq '805f06e35ce81c777c600dd752ed578766b9302d24e4641e470dec0c464601e7'

Before you start

The image signs in as user payment with password payment. Change it if the machine will ever be reachable from anything but your own laptop, and take a snapshot before you change anything: it is a research environment, not a hardened one.