A U.K. firm has developed an on/off “switch” for RFID cards that could protect cardholders from being hacked. The cardholder activates the RFID transmission by squeezing the card between his thumb and ...

There’s already an RFID security brouhaha brewing in Washington, and if some people have their way, it won’t be the last legal fight waged in the nation’s capital over use of the wireless technology.

I’ve been researching the issue of RFID skimming. However, I can’t find conclusive sources on the true risk of this issue. Is it possible to read RFID chips on credit cards? If so, what type of ...

The holiday season is a time of joy and generosity, but also a time of increased risk for your credit and bank cards. Whether you’re buying gifts online or in person, you need to be vigilant about ...

Many credit cards include RFID chips. The chips use radio-frequency identification to transmit payment information over short distances. Credit card companies use RFID to enable "contactless-payments" ...

RFID-chips -- commonly used for wireless payments, access key cards, and even to open car doors -- have been shown relatively easy to hack.That's the news coming from the University of Virginia after ...

A new type of radio frequency identification (RFID) chip developed by a team of researchers from Texas Instruments and MIT is believed to be impossible to hack. Should the technology prove scalable, ...

While the manufacturer is working to move customers to new technology, there are over 3 billion Mifare DESfire cards in circulation. And some of them may still be in use at government agencies for ...

It's been a rough year for cards. There was a great deal of publicity about hacks on RFID cards (like this story about Chris Paget remotely sniffing data in U.S. passport cards), and now San Francisco ...

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