Collaborate Disseminate
Regular Hackaday readers may recall that a little less than a year ago, I had the opportunity to explore a shuttered Toys “R” Us before the new owners gutted the building. Despite playing host to the customary fixture liquidation sale that takes place during the last death throes of such …read more
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Most of us are guilty of repeatedly hitting the snooze bar on our alarm clocks and going back to sleep, which is why we’ve seen devices that won’t stop ringing (or even electrocuting) until they’re taken to a remotely-located docking station…. Continue reading EzLarm forces you out of bed using an app and a tag
I’m new to the world of NFC. Nowadays, what is the most secure NFC tag against:
Cloning
Interception Attacks
Data Corruption and Manipulation
I read that MIFARE NFC is not secure because of its vulnerabilities.
More abou… Continue reading Security in NFC tags
Hey, iOS users. Got a spare Android phone lying around? Now, you can use it as a secure access key for online services. Continue reading Android phones can now be security keys for iOS devices
Researchers have demonstrated a new vulnerability in NFC, a feature built-in to many smartphones sold today. The vulnerability allows the attacker to to generate ‘ghost taps’ against a device, effectively allowing an attacker to tap your phone without you looking.
The 18-page paper released by a team of three researchers …read more
Continue reading Tap ‘N Ghost: A Novel Attack Against Smartphone Touchscreens
Although the best-before dates on our foods may stop us from eating spoiled items, they can also cause us to toss out food that’s really still good. New phone-powered labels could help, by notifying users when the food is actually starting to… Continue reading Smartphone-activated food labels may replace best-before dates
Researchers use malicious NFC tags and booby-trapped physical surfaces to connect Android devices to malicious wireless networks. Continue reading Tap ‘n Ghost Attack Creatively Targets Android Devices
NFC locks are reaching a tipping point where the technology is so inexpensive that it makes sense to use it in projects where it would have been impractical months ago. Not that practicality has any place among these pages. IKEA carries a cabinet lock for $20USD and does not need …read more
Are there any NDEF message smuggling attacks (like http smuggling attack)?
When I say it, I mean that I have a full control on the NFC packet. Is it possible to inject another packet into a NFC payload or something.
My Google Titan security key has both USB and NFC interfaces, and I’m able to use it via NFC on my Android phone. However, my laptop also has an NFC reader, and it doesn’t seem to work out of the box. The laptop makes NFC noi… Continue reading Is there any way to use my Titan security key via NFC on my laptop, instead of USB? [migrated]