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Vulnerability Is Discovered in Security for Smart Cards
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Monty Solomon)
Mon May 13 12:57:49 2002
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May 13, 2002
Vulnerability Is Discovered in Security for Smart Cards
By JOHN MARKOFF
SAN FRANCISCO, May 12 - Two University of Cambridge computer security
researchers plan to describe on Monday an ingenious and inexpensive
attack that employs a $30 camera flashgun and a microscope to extract
secret information contained in widely used smart cards.
The newly discovered vulnerability is reason for alarm, the
researchers said, because it could make it cost-effective for a
criminal to steal information from the cards.
Smart cards are used for dozens of different applications, including
electronic identity protection, credit and debit cards and cellular
phone payment and identity systems.
The Cambridge researchers said they had discussed their discovery
with a number of card manufacturers, and several had acknowledged the
vulnerability. One company reported that its security testing teams
had already considered types of attacks similar to the one mounted by
the Cambridge team and that they believed their products were not
vulnerable.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/13/technology/13SMAR.html
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