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Dutch RFID Transit Card Hacked

2008-01-21 06:35:43 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...Dutch RFID public transit card, which has already cost the government $2B -- no, that's not a typo -- has been hacked even before it has been deployed: The first reported attack was designed by two students at the University of Amsterdam, Pieter Siekerman and Maurits van der Schee. They analyzed the single-use ticket and showed its...
 
Tags: dutch, chip, mifare classic chip, mifare chip, dutch parliament recently, circuitry, internal circuitry, secret cryptographic algorithm, statement abut
 
 
 
 
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Police bust Dutch bank cybermules

2007-12-21 00:00:00 by HASH0x89c84e8 in Network World on Security
 
Dutch police have broken a fraud ring which siphoned off money stolen from online accounts using real customers of the ABN AMRO bank hired for the purpose
 
Tags: real customers, online accounts, dutch police, fraud, purpose, money
 
 
 
 
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Virus Center: Dutch authorities apprehend 14 suspects in a phishing scam

2007-12-20 17:52:57 by Editor in Help Net Security - News
 
IT security and control firm Sophos has welcomed news that Dutch authorities have arrested 14 suspects who allegedly allowed their ABN Amro bank accounts to be used by cybercriminals to store and tran
 
Tags: dutch authorities, control firm sophos, suspects, tran, store, security, news, cybercriminals, allegedly
 
 
 
 
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Dutch company sells media player -- with a worm

2008-01-07 00:00:00 by HASH0x8472008 in Network World on Security
 
A batch of digital media players sold by a Dutch importer over the holidays appear to have been infected with a nasty stocking stuffer -- a worm
 
Tags: digital media players, dutch importer, worm, holidays, stuffer, batch, nasty
 
 
 
 
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Dutch launch open-source smart card software project

2008-06-20 00:00:00 by HASH0x8b0d4f0 in Network World on Security
 
A Dutch charity is funding an open-source project to design smart card software that offers stronger protection of personal data in light of security vulnerabilities found with cards used today in the U.S., U.K. and Netherlands
 
Tags: offers stronger protection, security vulnerabilities, personal data, dutch charity, open-source project, cards, light, netherlands
 
 
 
 
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Dutch police, FBI rein in large botnet

2008-08-14 00:00:00 by HASH0x8b733c8 in Network World on Security
 
The botnet created by a teenager who was arrested by Dutch police in a sting operation is most notable for its total reliance on social engineering to spread, computer security experts said Thursday
 
Tags: dutch police, computer security experts, total reliance, botnet, teenager, social, spread, notable, thursday
 
 
 
 
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Boston Court's Meddling With 'Full Disclosure' Is Unwelcome

2008-08-21 04:00:00 by Bruce Schneier in Wired Security
 
...Dutch case, and a similar fare card used on the Boston "T" was the center of the U.S. case. The Dutch court got it right, and the American court, in Boston, got it wrong from the start -- despite facing an open-and-shut case of First Amendment prior restraint The U.S. court has since seen the error of its ways -- but the damage is done. The...
 
Tags: computer security improves, security improves, computer security, security, mit security researchers, security devices, security holes, disclosure, security properly
 
 
 
 
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Full Disclosure and the Boston Farecard Hack

2008-08-26 06:04:49 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...Dutch case, and a similar fare card used on the Boston "T" was the center of the U.S. case. The Dutch court got it right, and the American court, in Boston, got it wrong from the start -- despite facing an open-and-shut case of First Amendment prior restraint The U.S. court has since seen the error of its ways -- but the damage is done. The...
 
Tags: computer security improves, security improves, computer security, security, mit security researchers, security devices, security holes, disclosure, security properly
 
 
 
 
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Schneier Interviews

2008-05-02 13:53:53 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...Dutch radio. The introduction and questions are in Dutch, but my answers are in English Three weeks ago I was interviewed on Anti War Radio. It was an odd interview, starting from my essay " Portrait of the Modern Terrorist as an Idiot " and then meandering into the role of government versus corporations in security This written Q&A was...
 
Tags: video interviews, video, weeks ago, video interview, government versus corporations, dutch radio, dutch, anti war radio, modern terrorist
 
 
 
 
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Hacking Mifare Transport Cards

2008-08-07 06:07:02 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...Dutch court would have none of it: "Damage to NXP is not the result of the publication of the article but of the production and sale of a chip that appears to have shortcomings Exactly right. More generally, the notion that