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- Smart Card
- A credit card with a built-in microprocessor and memory used for identification or financial transactions. When inserted into a reader, it transfers data to and from a central computer....
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- Microsoft to tweak WGA Notifications on Windows XP
- Microsoft to tweak WGA Notifications on Windows XPDo it right......kill WGA altogether!! Time to start listening to your customers, M$!!WGA, friend or foe?Somebody at my work brought to me his laptop that had XP pro. A friend of his had sold it to him and when he tried to...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Genuine Advantage, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-08-26
- SmartCard Manager (exe)
- SmartCard Manager can send any APDU commands to smart/sim card. Inside we defined some standard GSM commands like a 'Select Telecom' folder, verify CHV1. With SmartCard Manager you can test your own communication with any compatible PC/SC reader. Version 1.0.1 includes APDU batch commands, APDU/AT scripting, like C/C++ language, and...
- Tags: smart card, ioms, smart cards, authentication/encryption, digital security, security
- Software downloads 2008-08-08
- SmartCard Manager (zip)
- This software can send any APDU commands to smart/sim card. Inside we defined some standard GSM commands like a 'Select Telecom' folder, verify CHV1. With this software you can test your own communication with any compatible PC/SC reader. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.
- Tags: Software, Smart Card, IOMS, Smart Cards, Authentication/Encryption, Tools & Techniques, Digital Security, Telephony, Cellular Phones, Security, Management, Networking, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology
- Software downloads 2008-07-28
- 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
- A group of Dutch security researchers were able to clone the "smartcards" that commuters use to pay fares in the London Underground system, allowing the group to ride for free. This is an interesting attack vector that I actually talked to Adam Laurie about when I was at Black Hat Amsterdam. ...
- Tags: Card, Smart Card, Researcher, London, Smart Cards, Security, Nathan McFeters
- Blog posts 2008-06-26
- G&D's Smart Cards Get Even Smarter Thanks to Improved Project Management
- Giesecke & Devrient (G&D) is a leading supplier of smart card and banknote solutions. For G&D to meet its customer's needs, the company must ensure its cards are absolutely secure and reliable, while still making use of the cutting-edge technology that customers demand. After evaluating more than 30 products over...
- Tags: Project Management, Smart Card, Computer Associates International Inc., G&D, Giesecke & Devrient, Smart Cards, Authentication/Encryption, Digital Security, Security
- Case studies 2008-04-03
- abylon LOGON (exe)
- If you would like to protect your computer against illegal access in a comfortable kind, then the software abylon LOGON offers a comfortable solution. You only need to train your smart card, your USB-Stick or a CD/DVD with your windows login data, and in the future this medium is your...
- Tags: Smart Card, Computer, Smart Cards, Productivity, Authentication/Encryption, Digital Security, Security
- Software downloads 2007-11-23
- Microsoft Management Agent for Certificate and Smart Card Management (exe)
- Microsoft Management Agent for Certificate and Smart Card Management helps you easily provision and deprovision certificates and smart cards in Identity Lifecycle Manager 2007. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.
- Tags: Smart Card, Agent, Microsoft Corp., Smart Cards, Authentication/Encryption, Digital Security, Real Estate, Security, Business Operations
- Software downloads 2007-09-05
- Windows Vista Smart Card Infrastructure
- Windows Vista Smart Card Infrastructure provides details about the Microsoft Windows smart card infrastructure and how smart card-related components work in Windows. This paper also contains information about troubleshooting and debugging tools, and tools that Information Technology IT developers and administrators can use to deploy smart card-based strong authentication in...
- Tags: Smart Card, Microsoft Windows Vista, Windows Vista Smart Card Infrastructure, Smart Cards, Authentication/Encryption, Digital Security, Microsoft Windows, Security, Operating Systems, Software
- White papers 2007-08-01
- BlackBerry Patent app describes tethered BlackBerry user alarms
- A newly published BlackBerry Patent application describes technology that would wirelessly tether one BlackBerry to another- and would devise a way for the first BlackBerry to "alert" the second if it is disabled somehow.The Patent application is entitled, Plural wirelessly connected devices with user alarm if wireless connection is lost...
- Tags: Security, News, BlackBerry Patents
- Blog posts 2007-07-19
- Support WebCast: Credential Roaming Basics
- The presenter of this webcast will talk about Credential Roaming. Until now, the only option that was previously available in managed environments was to use roaming user profiles or smart cards. When a user is logged on to a domain-joined computer, one can use roaming user profiles and smart cards...
- Tags: Smart Card, Webcast, Credential Roaming, Smart Cards, Authentication/Encryption, Digital Security, Productivity, Digital Media, Security, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology
- Webcasts 2007-04-26
- State officials oppose repealing Real ID Act
- State officials oppose repealing Real ID ActBiometrics will always be problematicThere will always be exceptions to foil biometrics, simply because humans and the human condition are so varied. Fingerprints? What to do with amputees that have no fingers? Retinal scans? Won't work if you're blind. ...
- Tags: Biotechnology, Authentication/Encryption, Smart cards, SECURITY, DNA, biometrics, smart card, Real ID Act
- Discussion threads 2007-02-09
- Smart Card Minidriver Certification Requirements for Windows Base Cryptographic Service Provider (Base CSP) and Smart Card Key Storage Provider (KSP): Version 5.06
- The Smart Card Base Cryptographic Service Provider CSP exposes the cryptographic capabilities of smart cards through the CAPI interface. The Smart Card Base CSP isolates all smart card specific cryptographic operations in the Smart Card Minidriver [CMSPEC]. Card Minidrivers execute in user-mode and are smart card specific. The Card Minidriver...
- Tags: Smart Card, Microsoft Windows, Smart Card Base Cryptographic Service Provider, Smart Cards, Authentication/Encryption, Digital Security, Security
- White papers 2007-02-08
- U.K. researchers devise smart-card hack
- U.K. researchers devise smart-card hackChip and Pin, oldskool tech, oldskool bugsHiI think it wouldn-t be necessary to have a team of experts from Uni telling us that Chip and Pin has flaws, I mean, for ages there have been on the market freely available smart-chip readers/writers, doesn-t take much effort...
- Tags: card, smart card
- Discussion threads 2007-02-07
- Abylon CryptDrive (exe)
- On the computer stored files can arrive on various way into the wrong hands. Only the encryption of the data can prevent this. The Abylon CryptDrive offers a simple procedure to create encrypted drives, the so-called container. By the using of the encryption algorithm Blowfish (448 bits) or AES (256...
- Tags: Smart Card, Certificate, Encryption, Abylon CryptDrive, Smart Cards, Authentication/Encryption, Digital Security, Security
- Software downloads 2007-01-04
- Federated Identity, Distributed PKI and Smart Cards
- This paper considers authentication systems based on smart cards, where the smart cards will be issued by many organizations, and authentication must work at any location. An important example of this type of deployment is the US Government planned deployment in support of HSPD Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12. Federated...
- Tags: Smart Card, Identity Federation, Smart Cards, Authentication/Encryption, Digital Security, PKI, Security
- White papers 2007-01-01
- Protect Your Data Via Managed Code and the Windows Vista Smart Card APIs
- Smart cards are a compelling alternative to the weak link of authentication systems: passwords. The industry is hungry for password-replacement technologies. Via an embedded cryptographic processor, smart cards provide a very secure and easy-to-use authentication mechanism. However, smart card deployments introduce their own challenges. The industry needs better products for...
- Tags: Smart Card, Industry, API, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows, Managed Code, Microsoft Corp., Authentication, Smart Cards, Authentication/Encryption, Digital Security, Security
- White papers 2006-11-01
- Privacy in Radio Frequency Identity Documents
- The use of contactless technology in identity documents is new and drawing significant attention by the lay and technical press, legislators and policy makers at the state and national levels, and a variety of pundits and privacy advocates. The situation is a complex one, with concerns over security and user...
- Tags: Situation, Smart Card, Radio Frequency, Radio, Privacy, Texas Instruments Inc., Identity Document, Smart Cards, Authentication/Encryption, Digital Security, Security
- White papers 2006-11-01
- Roll-out of smart cards for federal workers begins
- Roll-out of smart cards for federal workers beginsLets See About This OneThe Smart Card chips are being made in Russia, by a German company. Not that it really matters because we import what % of our oil from Russia. Seems like the smart ones are the Germans, who...
- Tags: Smart cards, Authentication/Encryption, Digital security, smart card, worker
- Discussion threads 2006-10-30
- Roll-out of smart cards for federal workers begins
- The government begins issuing a new identification card tomorrow, The Washington Post's Stephen Barr reports. And in the years to come all government workers will use a "smart card" to verify their identity when they enter a building or log onto computer networks. The cards will have...
- Tags: card
- Blog posts 2006-10-27
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