It’s been known for some time that there are security issues associated with the increasing use of RFID tags in credit cards, but this past weekend afforded a fresh demonstration of just how easy it ...

MUNICH, Germany — The Chaos Computer Club (Hamburg, Germany) has cracked the encryption scheme of NXPs popular Mifare Classic RFID chip. The device is used in many contactless smartcard applications ...

The AT88SC-ADK2 Keen+ development kit includes Atmel's Crypto Evaluation Studio tool suite, an application development board, CryptoRF samples in both tag and smart card form, a USB cable, and a quick ...

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New research showing that smart cards with encrypted RFID chips might not be as secure as previously thought is raising concerns in Boston. New research showing that smart cards with encrypted RFID ...

Industry standards are being strengthened to protect information stored on RFID chips and to prevent hackers from using sensitive data stored there in nefarious exploits. Radio frequency ...

The National Security Agency (NSA) is offering two families of encryption algorithms, known as block ciphers, intended to provide a level of security for such processes as authentication or ...

Despite demonstrations to show it's possible, documented cases of RFID credit card fraud are unknown. And as security professionals know, there is a huge gulf between potential crime and actual crime.

A lot of publications and television news stations have been running stories suggesting that anyone with a credit card containing a radio frequency identification transponder is at risk of having the ...

Radio Frequency Identification (RFID)-blocking technology is a multi-million-dollar industry. Consumers concerned about someone stealing their credit card info using RFID readers can buy wallets, ...