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First cloned passports, then bombs, and now ATM fraud: Security problems should plague RFID's future: First cloned passports, then bombs, and now ATM fraud: Security problems should plague RFID's futurePassport case from RFID Blockr shields e-passportsRFID Blockr passport case is a high-quality leather case with a built in Faraday cage to block and shield RFID transmissions. It has room for six credit cards, airline...; Tags: rfid blockr passport case, rfid, rfid blockr, passport, atm; Discussion threads 2007-09-16
Passport chips can be copied, researcher says: Passport chips can be copied, researcher saysWhen did Haliburton start manufacturing RFID chips?I cannot think of too many reasons why someone would have ever thought this was a good use of technology. Between the cloning problem (which may be technically difficult, but which could easily be forseen by any...; Tags: rfid, chip, rfid blockr, rfid blockr passport case; Discussion threads 2006-08-07

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(Photos: Tracking Last HOPE hackers): (Photos: Tracking Last HOPE hackers)Get your badge and stick it in the Microwave first!1. Get your badge and stick it in the Microwave first! Not long enough to melt the badge but just enough to zap the RFID electronics.2. If you require the RFID to work to...; Tags: security, badge, tracking last hope, rfid, noise level, photograph; Discussion threads 2008-07-22
First paper-based transistors: Portuguese researchers have created the first paper-based transistors. To be more precise, they've made the first field effect transistors FET with a paper interstrate layer. According to the research team, these new transistors offer the same level of performance as 'state-of-the-art oxide based thin film transistors TFTs produced on glass...; Tags: team, transistor, tft, semiconductors, hardware, roland piquepaille; Blog posts 2008-07-22
Photos: Tracking Last HOPE hackers: The New York conference, where attendees are tracked via RFID, attracts hacker celebrities including the guys behind the phone phreaker movement and the TV-B-Gone remote control. by CNET News.com; Tags: photograph, hacker, rfid, hacking, wireless, security, biometrics, cnet news.com; Image galleries 2008-07-21

London Underground's card system fails: London Underground's card system failsIt's not all bad...Instead of billing everybody individually for tickets from A to B, they just left the ticket barriers open, so free Tube travel for me :-)RE: London Underground's card system failsAn announced event.This will happen again and again in the future. The RFID technology...; Tags: card system, london underground, rfid, chip; Discussion threads 2008-07-15
London Underground's card system fails: The RFID-based smartcard technology providing access control to London's public transportation system failed on Saturday, when the network stopped accepting cards. by Michael Krigsman; Tags: card, smart card, london, london underground, oyster card system, smart cards, authentication/encryption, digital security, security, michael krigsman; Blog posts 2008-07-15
Security researchers hack the London underground train for free ride: Security researchers hack the London underground train for free rideHow do you do this?Hey Nate, You guys post awesome information for people aspiring to be Security Testers. Could you help me learn this trade? How and what do I have to do?Umm...It's quite a lot to cover. Do you...; Tags: rfid, london underground, nate, security; Discussion threads 2008-06-26
News to know: Oracle's Q4; Bill Gates' last day; Sticking with XP: Notable headlines: Mary Jo Foley: Yahoo silent on latest rumors of renewed Microsoft talks Dennis Howlett: Oracle's Q4 results analysis RightScale cloud management extends to MySQL Bill Gates: Hits and misses [Video] More...; Tags: oracle corp., microsoft windows xp, mary jo foley, bill gates, service-oriented architecture (soa), corporate communications, 3g, open source, web services, enterprise software, software, marketing, cellular phones, consumer electronics, personal technology, david grober; Blog posts 2008-06-26
Lack of RFID standards leads to media panic: Lack of RFID standards leads to media panicActive vs. Passive RFID DevicesIn addition to the comments above, it was not clear from the article I read whether the researchers were testing only active RFID or both active and passive RFID. The author of the article I read also implied...; Tags: healthcare, dana, rfid, rfid standards, media; Discussion threads 2008-06-25
Lack of RFID standards leads to media panic: There is no standard that will tell hospitals what frequencies the tags are using. Thus they can't tell when the frequencies being used by the tags might interfere with other gear. by Dana Blankenhorn; Tags: hospital, media, medical device, standards, rfid, healthcare, wireless, security, biometrics, dana blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-06-25
Time to blow up the software industry: Time to blow up the software industrySoftware is designed for Libraries and Charter or Municiple School systems.Big competition in the Linux vs Windowes Enterprise software her; Unix and Novell for Agencies and Police Departments. The Court House use Proliant-Linux I heard.BBD - old wine in new bottleBBD is just old...; Tags: software as a service (saas), tools & techniques, e-mail providers, roi/tco, cloud computing, saas model, saas is, enterprise software, software, google gmail, bbd; Discussion threads 2008-06-24
Time to blow up the software industry: Vinnie Mirchandani's post, Call to Steve Jobs: Please reshape the enterprise software market was bound to get a reaction out of my Irregular chums. 70 reactions to be precise as at the time of writing this post. That's the number of posts to our Google Group on the topic with...; Tags: software-as-a-service, financial, software company, sap ag, vinnie mirchandani, software as a service (saas), tools & techniques, cloud computing, enterprise software, emerging technologies, management, software, dennis howlett; Blog posts 2008-06-24
'Sensing' more about what's coming in Windows 7: 'Sensing' more about what's coming in Windows 7Windows sensors will bring a new management interfaceto set them up, and then they'll crash unexpectedly, and make things stop responding.There'll be a "grandfather" sensor which automatically reboot the machine, and does some protocol sniffing on your box, to make sure that Microsoft...; Tags: operating systems, microsoft windows 7, microsoft windows, sensor, microsoft corp., microsoft windows xp; Discussion threads 2008-06-18
Del Monte Foods: Following the chain of demand: Del Monte Foods: Following the chain of demandDemand? Hardly.This is an important topic, handled superficially. RFID is not a solution, as your questioner implies, merely a dumb technology with potential to contribute to better in-store visibility, IF proper store-level compliance practices are adopted. Mr. Brown to his credit sidesteps that...; Tags: del monte foods; Discussion threads 2008-06-11
VeriChip going away?: Just as it was launching its consumer campaign VeriChip seems to be going away. The company launched its ad campaign under the name HealthLink in April, but just three weeks later sold its Canadian unit, Xmark, to Stanley Works for $45 million and put itself on the...; Tags: verichip, chip, rfid, semiconductors, network technology, wireless, security, biometrics, hardware, networking, dana blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-06-04
Attacks on NFC mobile phones demonstrated: Yesterday, Collin Mulliner of the trifinite.group, a group of computer experts researching insecurities in wireless communications, has released the slides as well as the research tools he came up with in order to demonstrate various attacks and vulnerabilities in Near Field Communication mobile phones, a technology that will change the...; Tags: phone, contactless payment, mobile, malware, cell phone, attack, advertising & promotion, cellular phones, security, marketing, consumer electronics, personal technology, dancho danchev; Blog posts 2008-05-28
RFID cosmetics trial in Tokyo: RFID cosmetics trial in TokyoRFID cosmetics trial in TokyoRE:RE: RFID cosmetics trial in Tokyohttp://www.1-satellite-tv-facts.com/VoIP.htmlhttp://www.1-satellite-tv-facts.com/Phone-Systems.html; Tags: cosmetics trial, rfid cosmetics trial, cosmetics, rfid; Discussion threads 2008-05-25
ByDesign, the younger person's ERP: Many of the small and mid-sized businesses to whom SAP would like to sell its Business ByDesign SaaS offering are family-owned, especially in sectors like manufacturing, distribution and retail. SAP seems to feel that ByDesign will appeal to the forward-looking younger generation of those families — the future heirs of...; Tags: peter zencke, product, sap ag, erp, wima, roi/tco, sales strategy, outsourcing, finance, managerial accounting, sales, it operations, business operations, outsourcing & subcontracting, phil wainewright; Blog posts 2008-05-21
What is the U.S. doing about security?: I've been terrible busy lately. Hopefully you all here haven't noticed, as I've been working hard to still keep my posts flowing, but I've just got time to catch up with several blogs that I read often. One of those blogs is the Emergent Chaos blog...; Tags: card, database, president, blog, passport card, rfid, government, security, wireless, biometrics, nathan mcfeters; Blog posts 2008-05-20