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RFID chipmaker loses suit, says users must take 'urgent' action

2008-07-23 13:00:00 by Editor in Computerworld Security News
 
A Dutch court has ruled that Radboud University Nijmegen researchers can publish a paper outlining flaws in an RFID chip manufactured by NXP Semiconductors
 
Tags: dutch court, nxp semiconductors, radboud university, rfid chip, ruled, researchers, flaws, publish, paper
 
 
 
 
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Kn1ghtl0rd and Lowtek Mystik's RFID 2.0 PhreakNIC Presentation

2007-09-21 05:05:54 by Editor in Irongeek's Security Site
 
...RFID. From the presentations page Last year's presentation was high level functionality and basic knowledge of what RFID is. The year they will present the low level technical specs on different communication types, the physics behind RFID reading and transmitting, and the actual circuitry of an RFID tag and what it takes to make them operate...
 
Tags: rfid, presentation, paypass rfid, rfid tag, lowtek mystik, readerwriter demonstrations, buddies kn1ghtl0rd, communication types, concept demonstrations
 
 
 
 
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RFID: Menace in the Far North

2007-01-05 00:00:00 by Ari Juels in Speaking of Security, the RSA Blog and Podcast
 
...RFID (Radio-Frequency Identification), a broad term for wireless microchips. During a recent discussion about the convenient RFID (tap-and-go) transit cards recently introduced in the Boston area, a colleague of my wife asked why I care about RFID privacy so much. He added, "I don't. I've got nothing to hide
 
Tags: rfid, convenient rfid, boston call, boston, transit cards recently, rfid privacy, muster sympathy, snow-free streets, northern fringes
 
 
 
 
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HP secures data center assets with RFID tags

2008-06-09 00:00:00 by Ellen Messmer in Network World on Security
 
RFID tagging for data center assets is a new service introduced today by HP under its Factory Express RFID Service
 
Tags: data center assets, rfid, service
 
 
 
 
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RFID Show and Tell with Kn1ghtl0rd and lowtek mystik

2007-10-22 00:00:53 by Editor in Irongeek's Security Site
 
While at PhreakNIC I got a chance to interview Kn1ghtl0rd and lowtek mystik about their research into RFID, its hackabilty and other information
 
Tags: lowtek mystik, rfid, interview kn1ghtl0rd, information, research, chance, phreaknic, hackabilty
 
 
 
 
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Passport card with chatty RFID chip draws privacy ire

2008-01-09 00:00:00 by HASH0x84705f8 in Network World on Security
 
A proposed new RFID-enabled passport card intended for use by Americans frequently travelling to Canada, Mexico. Bermuda and the Caribbean poses serious security and privacy risks for users, the Centers for Democracy and Technology (CDT) warned this week
 
Tags: passport card, privacy risks, americans frequently, caribbean poses, bermuda, week, users, mexico, democracy
 
 
 
 
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Dutch RFID Transit Card Hacked

2008-01-21 06:35:43 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...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 vulnerabilities...
 
Tags: dutch, chip, mifare classic chip, mifare chip, dutch parliament recently, circuitry, internal circuitry, secret cryptographic algorithm, statement abut
 
 
 
 
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EU drafts guidelines for RFID technologies

2008-02-21 00:00:00 by HASH0x8b5caa0 in Network World on Security
 
The European Commission has sketched out guidelines to help get RFID technologies up and running in the European Union, but stopped short of proposing formal legislation in the area
 
Tags: rfid technologies, guidelines, european union, european commission, formal legislation, short
 
 
 
 
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RFID encryption flawed in smart cards, researchers claim

2008-03-06 00:00:00 by Network World Staff in Network World on Security
 
New research showing that smart cards with encrypted RFID chips might not be as secure as previously thought is raising concerns in Boston
 
Tags: smart cards, rfid chips, boston, concerns, secure, research, previously
 
 
 
 
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How they hacked it: The MiFare RFID crack explained

2008-03-19 10:24:03 by Editor in Computerworld Security News
 
Hackers, start your microscopes? The MiFare RFID hack, writes Geeta Dayal, used a few tools not in the arsenal of your average code-duffer. But now that researchers have done the heavy lifting, subsequent cracks will be much, much simpler
 
Tags: mifare rfid hack, writes geeta d