MUNICH, Germany — The Chaos Computer Club (Hamburg, Germany) has cracked the encryption scheme of NXPs popular Mifare Classic RFID chip. The device is used in many contactless smartcard applications ...

SecureRF, a data security startup in Westport, Conn., has announced what it calls a breakthrough data security application, which can be used to protect data transmitted by passive or active RFID tags ...

In order to offer customers the best possible protection against data thieves, Sharkoon is expanding its Swift-Case line up of external hard drive enclosures by adding a model with RFID access control ...

A lightweight encryption technology that uses a one-time, self-destructing encryption key will land on RFID chips sometime next year, according to the firm that developed it. Tutarus already sells the ...

Global semiconductor company NXP has released its Ucode DNA integrated circuit—a passive EPC Gen 2 UHF RFID chip that the company says is the first to provide cryptographic authentication. By using a ...

New research that shows smart cards with encrypted RFID chips might not be as secure as previously thought is raising concerns in Boston, where the subway CharlieCards use just such technology. The ...

In Win’s new Ammo, a 2.5″ mobile hard drive enclosure made to look like a clip for an automatic rifle, features RFID technology to secure the contents of the hard drive it houses. With the Ammo, users ...

An RFID chip can hold encrypted information, unique enough to say, identify you as the owner of your smartphone (to unlock it), or open a door (to your home). A bizarre new company, Grindhouse Wetware ...

With a little bit of technical acumen and a few hundred dollars, enterprising thieves can walk away with some late model cars and gas them up for free to boot, according to research published by ...