RFID Security

Contributed by Joanne C. Kelleher The Federal Trade Commission is continuing to look at emerging applications of radio frequency identification (“RFID”) technology and their implications for consumer protection policy. FTC staff will hold a free, public workshop on September 23, 2008 in Washington DC called “Transatlantic RFID Workshop on Consumer Privacy and Data Security.” This [...]

Contributed by Joanne C. Kelleher “Pacemakers Are Vulnerable to Hackers” is a RFID security article that Google found for me in the DotMed News, The Medical Industry Business Weekly. It discusses an academic paper entitled “Pacemakers and Implantable Cardiac Defibrillators: Software Radio Attacks and Zero Power Defenses,” that computer scientists from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical [...]

Contributed by Joanne C. Kelleher Are you going to the RFID World conference in Las Vegas in September?  I am. Please join me at the session titled “RFID Security Should Not Be an Afterthought.” I will be part of the panel discussion, along with other members of the RFID Security Alliance (look for the official [...]

Contributed by Joanne C. Kelleher My household is starting to think about back to school, so here is a quiz for you: Students/researchers at ______(a)_______ hacked the ______(b)____ transportation card. These researchers planned to share results at _______(c)_________. The _____(d)______ Transportation Authority filed an injunction to prevent presentation, claiming that disclosing the details would inflict [...]

Contributed by Joanne C. Kelleher Back in May I wrote a post titled Olympic Tickets: RFID Security in Sports Illustrated http://www.securerf.com/RFID-Security-blog/?p=61. Now that we are getting closer to the opening ceremonies, there is more press about the security surrounding the Olympics and how RFID is being used. Laurie Sullivan at EE Times wrote a good [...]