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RFID: Is it Secret? Is it Safe?

Approachable Cyber Threats

RFID uses electromagnetic fields in the form of radio waves to establish communication links between an RFID tag or transmitter and an RFID reader or receiver. Pieces of information are transmitted through the link that the reader uses to establish authenticity of the tag or transmitter and authorize access. Is RFID secure?

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NIST Issues Call for "Lightweight Cryptography" Algorithms

Schneier on Security

Many of the sensors, actuators and other micromachines that will function as eyes, ears and hands in IoT networks will work on scant electrical power and use circuitry far more limited than the chips found in even the simplest cell phone.

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Arm, Qualcomm Patch Multiple Zero-Days Reported by Google

SecureWorld News

In the case of Qualcomm, the situation became critical when Google's Threat Analysis Group (TAG) and Project Zero teams discovered several vulnerabilities, including CVE-2023-33106, CVE-2023-33107, CVE-2023-33063, and CVE-2022-22071. Arm also found itself in a similar predicament.

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Intel and Check Point Software extend partnership for ransomware protection

CyberSecurity Insiders

In the year 2021, security analysts tagged Ransomware at the trending malware topping the list in the Crypto-virology chart. Check Point Harmony tech assists in the telemetry analysis at the chip level and raises a barrier against the encryption commands, thus blocking the threats from perpetuating to the information storage flow.

Software 120
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Google reveals 18 chip vulnerabilities threatening mobile, wearables, vehicles

Malwarebytes

Between late 2022 and early 2023, Project Zero reported 18 vulnerabilities in a chip powering those devices. Of those 18, a total of four vulnerabilities are tagged as “top-severity” which could allow for silent compromise over the network. Which devices are affected? In those instances, you should be fine.

Mobile 92
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Operation Triangulation: The last (hardware) mystery

SecureList

If we try to describe this feature and how the attackers took advantage of it, it all comes down to this: they are able to write data to a certain physical address while bypassing the hardware-based memory protection by writing the data, destination address, and data hash to unknown hardware registers of the chip unused by the firmware.

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Maze Ransomware Operators: 'We Are Closing'

SecureWorld News

You would not even notice when you will be tagged with chips or your DNA will be the only was to access the new digital world. You are slowly turning into a controllable flock. As it will be the only place you can leave in, to get paid and consume.”. All your technologies are a symbol of your helplessness.