NFC
What are NFC cards and how are they protected?
- Albert Zenkoff
- 2013-06-18
- Technology, contactless smart cards, countermeasures, embedded, ISO 14443, NFC, NFC cards, perfect security, Physical security, protection, security, smart card security, smart cards, sony felica, wireless
Ever since I posted an initial article “Hack NFC Door Locks” I see a steady stream of people that come with queries like “what’s the protection of an NFC card” and “how do you hack a protected NFC card”. Obviously, there is something out there interesting enough for people to begin inquiring. What is an ...
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Hack NFC Door Locks
- Albert Zenkoff
- 2012-12-27
- Technology, authentication, door locks, identification, NFC, Physical security, protocol, RFID, security, Smart card, wireless
I can see in the logs that people sometimes come to this site with interesting searches. A recent interesting search was “Hack NFC Door Locks”. Well, since there is interest in the subject, why not? Let’s talk about NFC, contactless smart card and RFID door locks, shall we not? The actual technology used for the ...
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NFC, ain’t that funny
- Albert Zenkoff
- 2012-08-10
- Technology, invention, mobile, near field communication, NFC, security as afterthought, technology, wireless
When we invented NFC (Near Field Communication) we never intended it for some of the uses that it was put to afterwards. And when we started discussing those unconventional (for us) uses, we immediately pointed out all security problems and proposed methods to protect the NFC devices from various attacks. That was… probably 2004. Do ...
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Albert Zenkoff
Managing corporate security in both technical and business sense in the context of long-term business strategy and sustainability.
For security consulting, training, certification and audit mail albert@aruberusan.com.
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