Collaborate Disseminate
I am trying to make an NFC tag that is genuinely impossible to duplicate.
NXP released a new family of NFC tags : ICODE DNA http://www.nxp.com/docs/en/brochure/ICODEDNALF.pdf
If I read the fact sheet correctly, they offer a… Continue reading NXP ICODE DNA NFC Tag real crypto?
In Kerv smart ring FAQ I read:
Furthermore, to make a payment with Kerv it must be within very close proximity to a contactless reader, and you hand must be in the Transmission Ready Position to avoid any unintended trans… Continue reading How secure is smart ring Transmission Ready Position? [on hold]
In Kerv smart ring FAQ I read:
Furthermore, to make a payment with Kerv it must be within very close proximity to a contactless reader, and you hand must be in the Transmission Ready Position to avoid any unintended trans… Continue reading How secure is smart ring Transmission Ready Position? [on hold]
Contactless payments are growing in popularity. Often the term will bring to mind the ability to pay by holding your phone over a reader, but the system can also use NFC tags embedded in credit cards, ID card, passports, and the like. NFC is a reasonably secure method of validating payments as it employs encryption and the functional distance between client and reader is in the tens of centimeters, and often much less. [Haoqi Shan] and the Unicorn team have reduced the security of the distance component by using a hardware proxy to relay NFC interactions over longer distances.
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Continue reading “Borrow” Payment Cards with NFC Proxy Hardware
Contactless payments are growing in popularity. Often the term will bring to mind the ability to pay by holding your phone over a reader, but the system can also use NFC tags embedded in credit cards, ID card, passports, and the like. NFC is a reasonably secure method of validating payments as it employs encryption and the functional distance between client and reader is in the tens of centimeters, and often much less. [Haoqi Shan] and the Unicorn team have reduced the security of the distance component by using a hardware proxy to relay NFC interactions over longer distances.
The …read more
Continue reading “Borrow” Payment Cards with NFC Proxy Hardware
News that a US company is ‘bio-hacking’ its employees with RFID chips is a publicity stunt – but it does raise issues of security and ethics Continue reading Chips with everything – are you ready to be bio-hacked?
I am doing thesis on “NFC relay attack” in my BSc last year. I have studied 10-15 papers and learned the basics of NFC and relay attack. Still I am no where near to understand how relay attack is performed on NFC and how the … Continue reading What should I know to prevent relay attack on NFC?
Many banks these days offer online banking (in a web browser). To increase security, most banks require a standard login with a username (account number) and password, plus a code that is sent to your mobile phone to two-fact… Continue reading How secure is a mobile e-banking authentication app that requires an NFC card plus a pin to authenticate the user?
I am German and about to renew my ID card.
Since around 2010, the new ID cards contain an electronic chip that can be used for e.g. online authentication. If I understood the documentation correctly, it is some kind of NFC … Continue reading Security implications of owning a German electronic ID card
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How to manually disable the no contact card?
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How can I physically dis… Continue reading How do you disable the antenna on the chip on the contactless card [duplicate]