RFID credit cards are growing in popularity and have already been adopted by major credit card issuers. These cards use radio frequencies to allow the cardholder to pay at terminals by tapping their ...

The credit card companies are taking the “necessary steps” so consumers can use the cards in a secure way, said ITRC executive director Jay Foley. “There is no real pickpocketing capability there. You ...

RFID hacking has been around for years, but so far all the builds to sniff data out of someone’s wallet have been too large, too small a range, or were much too complicated for a random Joe to build ...

We put cameras on our front doors and maybe even have one inside to watch what our pets are doing while we’re away, but it’s not because we’re paranoid—it’s because security gives us peace of mind.

Despite demonstrations to show it's possible, documented cases of RFID credit card fraud are unknown. And as security professionals know, there is a huge gulf between potential crime and actual crime.

Radio frequency identification (RFID) chips have made cashless payments commonplace and opened the way to automatic inventory control. However, they've also made it possible for credit card details ...

Consumer search behavior patterns indicate January is commonly associated with elevated research activity in personal security accessory categories. This pattern reflects convergent factors including ...

Just a few decades ago, buying things meant going to the bank - your own physical branch, mind you, during the brief hours it was open - to take out cash. If you didn't have time for that, or ran out ...

Self-service key-copy technology company KeyMe has implemented RFID card duplicating capability at 111 of its kiosk, mostly in urban areas across the United States. The kiosks enable users with ...

WTF?! Chinese-made chips used in popular contactless cards contain hardware backdoors that are easy to exploit. These chips are compatible with the proprietary Mifare protocol developed by Philips ...