RFID Security

Contributed by Joanne C. Kelleher

I was recently referred to this scientific web site: 

The RFID Security and Privacy Lounge references technical works related to security and privacy in RFID systems published in journals, conference proceedings, technical reports, thesis, eprints, and books. It is maintained and updated roughtly monthly by the Université catholique de Louvain’s Information Security Group in Belgium headed by Gildas Avoine.

I was impressed sheer volume of research papers, more than 300, that have been generated on the topic of RFID Security and Privacy.  They cover RFID hacking issues as well as potential solutions.  Here are some of the recent titles:

• Privacy Enhancing Technologies for RFID – A Critical Investigation of State of the Art Research.
• Wirelessly Pickpocketing a Mifare Classic Card.
• Serialized TID numbers – A headache or a blessing for RFID crackers?
• How to detect cloned tags in a reliable way from incomplete RFID traces.
• Security Considerations in the Design and Peering of RFID Discovery Services.
• Cryptography is Feasible on 4-Bit Microcontrollers – A Proof of Concept.
• Preserving RFID Data Privacy.
• ACTION: Breaking the Privacy Barrier for RFID Systems.
• The Dark Side of Security by Obscurity and Cloning MiFare Classic Rail and Building Passes Anywhere, Anytime.
• Security analysis of RFID tags.
• Analysis of the Mifare Classic used in the OV-Chipkaart Project.
• EPC RFID Tags in Security Applications: Passport Cards, Enhanced Drivers Licenses, and Beyond.

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