A group of computer scientists at Johns Hopkins and RSA Labs
is reporting practical attacks against the TI "Digital Signature
Transponder" RFID chip, which is used, among other things, to
secure many automotive "transponder" ignition keys and the
"SpeedPass" payment system. Their paper is availabl
Steve Bono, Matthew Green, Adam Stubblefield, Ari Juels, Avi Rubin, and
Michael Szydlo have successfully attacked a cryptographically-enabled
RFID chip made by Texas Instruments. This chip is used in anti-theft
automobile immobilizers and in the ExxonMobil SpeedPass. You can find
details at ht
On Fri, Jan 28, 2005 at 02:38:49PM -0500, Mark Allen Earnest wrote:
| Adam Shostack wrote:
| >I hate arguing by analogy, but: VOIP is a perfectly smooth system.
| >It's lack of security features mean there isn't even a ridge to trip
| >you up as you wiretap. Skype has some ridge. It may turn out
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Students Find Hole in Car Security Systems
By JOHN SCHWARTZ
Published: January 28, 2005
BALTIMORE - Matthew Green starts his 2005 Ford Esca
