RFID Flap Silences Security Researchers

["Robert Green" <ROBERT_GREEN1963@xxxxxxxxx>]

http://blog.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/

RFID Flap Silences Security Researchers

"New research into security vulnerabilities in radio frequency
identification cards made by technology giant HID Global has been pulled
from the lineup at an East Coast security conference this week.

Researchers from Seattle-based security provider IOActive were planning to
detail a technique they developed to clone the credentials stored on certain
RFID cards made by HID. The company was expected to present the findings
Wednesday at the Black Hat Federal security conference in Crystal City, Va.
However, IOActive last Thursday was contacted by HID attorneys, who claimed
the researchers were infringing on HID's intellectual property.

. . .

Paget said he built the cloning device mostly using information from HID's
publicly filed patents and materials that anyone could purchase off of eBay
for about $20."

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Bobby G.