Collaborate Disseminate
When [gdarchen] wanted to read some NFC tags, he went through several iterations. First, he tried an Electron application, and then a client-server architecture. But his final iteration was to make a standalone reader with an Arduino and use WebUSB to connect to the application on the PC.
This sounds …read more
I am trying to copy some NFC card; however the SAK returned is always 08h using the command nfc-list. However looking through the actual content of the card, I can see that the byte associated to the SAK is different (88h).
Bullet-proof authentication is just a tap away! Continue reading Apple iOS 13.3 is here, bringing support for keyfobby authentication
CVE-2019-5700 is a vulnerability in the Nvidia Tegra bootloader, discovered by [Ryan Grachek], and breaking first here at Hackaday. To understand the vulnerability, one first has to understand a bit about the Tegra boot process. When the device is powered on, a irom firmware loads the next stage of the …read more
Continue reading This Week in Security: Tegra Bootjacking, Leaking SSH, and StrandHogg
Sony FeliCa does not provide any official docs on which cryptographic functions are used for their NFC cards. They got some docs explaining that they do mutual authentication, but there is no official paper explaining what cr… Continue reading Is FeliCa DES encryption safe?
A curious custom that survives from the pre-computer era is that of the business card. If you walk the halls at a trade event you’ll come a way with a stack of these, each bearing the contact details of someone you’ve encountered, and each in a world of social media …read more
Continue reading There’s More To Designing A PCB Business Card Than Meets The Eye
Google has patched an Android bug that could have allowed attackers to use NFC to send over a malicious file to the victim’s phone
Continue reading Google patches bug that let nearby hackers send malware to your phone
I have a contactless card which I’d like to know the capabilities. I assume the card works with NFC. However standard tools (nfc-list) do not seem to be able to retrieve regular informations from it (not even the UID), the ph… Continue reading Reversing Contactless Chip Capabilities
If you’re wondering why would I want that – it’s for my own security: against identity and data theft.
Continue reading Is there a secure way to disable NFC and RFID on credit cards and personal IDs?
Does anyone remember the Black Hat BCard hack in 2018? This hack has been documented extensively, most notoriously by [NinjaStyle] in his original blog post revealing the circumstances around discovering the vulnerability. The breach ended up revealing the names, email addresses, phone numbers, and personal details of every single conference …read more
Continue reading Revisiting The BlackHat Hack: How A Security Conference Was Pwned