RFID Security

Contributed by Joanne C. Kelleher The latest issue of Embedded Computing Devices (September 2009) has an article called Current trends in cyber attacks on mobile and embedded systems. “Now, with the advent of what some technologists call the “Internet of things,” we are encountering a new wave of hacking, one that encompasses not only wired [...]

Contributed by Joanne C. Kelleher Per the New York Times, more than $3.5 billion of integrated circuits are bought annually for use in U.S. military gear. Only about 2 percent of these are manufactured in secure facilities run by American companies and the United States lacks the ability to fulfill the capacity requirements needed to [...]