Terminate RFID tags

rfid-zapper

This gun hunts only RFID tags.[mnt], who brought us laser gesture control, built this RFID Zapper but included so much more. Any good weapon has to sound mean, a feat he's accomplished by incorporating an MP3 player into the rifle. The coil that zaps the RFID tag is powered by a photo-flash unit, but for visual feedback he's got a second unit that flashes light to signal the demise of your German … [Read more...]

ShmooCon 2009: Chris Paget’s RFID cloning talk

When we first saw [Chris Paget]'s cloning video, our reaction was pretty 'meh'. We'd seen RFID cloning before and the Mifare crack was probably the last time RFID was actually interesting. His ShmooCon presentation, embedded above, caught us completely off-guard. It's very informative; we highly recommend it. The hardest part about selling this talk is that it has to use two overloaded words: … [Read more...]

Mobile RFID scanning

[Chris Paget] is going to be presenting at ShmooCon 2009 in Washington D.C. this week. He gave a preview of his RFID talk to The Register. The video above demos reading and logging unique IDs of random tags and Passport Cards while cruising around San Francisco. He's using a Symbol XR400 RFID reader and a Motorola AN400 patch antenna mounted inside of his car. This is industrial gear usually used … [Read more...]

Cloning and modifying E-Passports

[THC/vonJeek] have released an application that allow you to backup and modify E-Passport data.  Check out the video of Elvis checking in at the airport.  Apparently there is no way for the machine to know if the passport has been tampered with. [via Schneier] … [Read more...]