Security researcher [Fran Brown] sent us this tip about his Tastic RFID Thief, which can stealthily snag the information off an RFID card at long range. If you’ve worked with passive RFID before ...

A skimmer is a device installed on card readers that collects card numbers. Thieves will later recover and use this information to make fraudulent purchases. Skimmers are not usually spotted right ...

Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a new digital skimmer campaign that uses Unicode obscuring techniques to hide the Mongolian Skimmer. The malware uses Unicode characters in identifiers to ...

Once hackers know your email address, they can access more information about you. Here are some of the things they can do—and ...

The simplest attacks mirror those used at gas pumps, where card readers are fitted with skimmer devices to capture card data. Other straightforward hacks include RFID cloning attacks for systems ...

RFID tags assign a unique electronic identity to a physical article; an RFID reader decodes the information contained in the tag. These two devices exchange information by the use of short-range RF ...

Smart cards can be super convenient, but are also susceptible to wily thieves using RFID skimmers to steal your personal data and credit card information from up to 30 feet away. The Rogue Front ...

RFID software is used to process data sent to and received from radio frequency identification (RFID) devices such as RFID readers, writers, and printers. There are many different types of RFID ...

Every year, thousands of British holidaymakers are pickpocketed while on holiday – but there are ways to protect yourself, ...

He opted for passive UHF RFID technology that can wirelessly identify an object with a unique ID, but found there were no RFID chips commercially available that met his requirements. He needed a chip ...

Contactless cards use radio frequency identification (RFID) technology and near-field ... risking having your card information stolen by a skimmer. Contactless payments are also completed using ...