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How to Clone and Modify E-Passports

2008-09-30 12:24:51 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...passports The problem is self-signed certificates A CA is not a great solution: Using a Certification Authority (CA) could solve the attack but at the same time introduces a new set of attack vectors The CA becomes a single point of failure. It becomes the juicy/high-value target for the attacker. Single point of failures are not good....
 
Tags: passports, passport, passport security falls, passport data set, set, electronic passports, country, key, undetectably fake passports
 
 
 
 
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Outsourcing Passports

2008-04-02 06:08:16 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...passports to some questionable companies This is a great illustration of the maxim "security trade-offs are often made for non-security reasons." I can imagine the manager in charge: "Yes, it's insecure. But think of the savings!" The Government Printing Office's decision to export the work has proved lucrative, allowing the agency to book...
 
Tags: recent profits, rfid passports, security trade-offs, non-security reasons, blank passports, questionable companies, federal officials, illustration, department
 
 
 
 
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E-Passports Can Be Hacked and Cloned in Minutes

2008-08-07 13:30:03 by Editor in Digg / Security
 
A computer researcher proved it by cloning the chips in two British passports and then implanting digital images of Osama bin Laden and a suicide bomber. Both passports passed as genuine by UN approved passport reader software. The entire process took less than an hour
 
Tags: passports, british passports, passport reader software, osama bin, computer researcher, digital images, suicide bomber, entire process, hour
 
 
 
 
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On the Security of E-Passports

2007-12-03 15:30:21 by Editor in Help Net Security - Articles
 
The global introduction of electronic passports is a large coordinated attempt to increase passport security. Issuing countries can use the technology to combat passport forgery and look-alike fraud
 
Tags: combat passport forgery, increase passport security, global introduction, electronic passports, look-alike fraud, attempt, technology, countries
 
 
 
 
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Dont Put Too Much Faith in High-Tech Passports

2008-08-12 08:38:22 by Editor in Digg / Security
 
Two European researchers have found a way to defeat the chips being placed in passports to eliminate fraud. Its another reminder never to place blind faith in technology
 
Tags: passports, european researchers, blind faith, fraud, chips, defeat, reminder, technology
 
 
 
 
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Passport Fraud

2008-01-08 13:59:13 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...passports is thriving. On the streets of South America, NBC documented the sale of stolen and doctored passports, and travel papers prized by terrorists: genuine passports issued under false names. For a few thousand dollars, an undercover investigator was able to purchase several entirely new identities from organized criminal networks with...
 
Tags: passports, fraudulent passports, genuine passports, venezuelan passports, investigator, corrupt government employees, undercover investigator, passport fraud worldwide, travel widely
 
 
 
 
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Passport Canada web site suffers serious breach

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2007-12-05 11:51:09 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...passports Victims Certain persons applying for Canadian passports online Number Affected Unknown Types of Data Names, addresses, phone numbers, birth dates, social insurance numbers, driver's license numbers, and other information contained on passport application forms Breach Description Sometime during the week of November 26th (2007)...
 
Tags: passport canada, information, personal information, passport application information, application, breach, passport application site, passport canada spokesman, significant security breaches
 
 
 
 
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TSA Misses the Point, Again

2008-01-29 15:13:57 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...passports. Screeners also are getting magnifying glasses that highlight tiny inscriptions found in borders of passports and other IDs. About 2,100 of each are going to the nation's 800 airport checkpoints The closer scrutiny of passenger IDs is the latest Transportation Security Administration effort to check passengers more thoroughly than...
 
Tags: tsa, tsa screeners, tsa agent, tsa document checker, screeners, passenger ids, passenger, screeners inspect, airport
 
 
 
 
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E-Passport Threats

2008-01-07 09:15:52 by Editor in IEEE Security and Privacy
 
The author focuses on the cryptographic protection of e-passports, working from the assumption that even if people can peacefully live with their e-passports, what sort of cryptography technology is involved here? Can e-passport holders protect their privacy without resorting to subterfuge
 
Tags: e-passport holders protect, e-passports, cryptography technology, author focuses, cryptographic protection, subterfuge, assumption, people, sort
 
 
 
 
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A breach that hits home with 2008 presidential candidates

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2008-03-22 13:16:50 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...passports annually Evan] 18,000,000+ passports annually! We already know that there are trust issues with these four (both Stanley and TAC) contractors, does the potential exist for a breach of 18,000,000 records? Is the risk significant Prior to employment, Stanley and its subcontractor candidates undergo several background checks,...
 
Tags: stanley subcontractor employees, subcontractor employees, subcontractor, confidential information, information, information security, stanley, personal information, employees