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What are NFC cards and how are they protected?

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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Ignoring security is not a good idea…

  I see that HTC got finally whacked over the head for the lack of security in their Android smartphones. I will have to contain myself here and will leave aside the inherent issues surrounding Android, its security and model of operation that will hurt … Ok, ok, I stop now. So, HTC got dragged ...

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Car software security

I stumbled across an article on car software viruses. I did not see anything unexpected really. The experts “hope” to get it all fixed before the word gets out and things start getting messy. Which tells us that things are in a pretty bad shape right now. The funny thing is though that the academic ...

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