Long Range RFID Hacking Tool To Be Released At Black Hat 73
msm1267 writes "Next week at the Black Hat Briefings in Las Vegas, a security researcher will release a modified RFID reader that can capture data from 125KHz low frequency RFID badges from up to three feet away. Previous RFID hacking tools must be within centimeters of a victim to work properly; this tool would allow an attacker or pen-tester to store the device inside a backpack and it would silently grab card data from anyone walking close enough to it.The researcher said the tool will be the difference between a practical and impractical attack, and that he's had 100 percent success rates in testing the device. Schematics and code will be released at Black Hat as well."
Plus it's built using an Arduino.
Re:Three feet away... (Score:5, Insightful)
Until you put the Americans on any form of public transit. Metro, BART, DART, Marta, MARC, SEPTA, you name it. Grab a seat by the door and you're in business.
Woo-hoo 3 feet!!! (Score:2, Insightful)
You can by commercial products that can read RFID tags from a lot further away. 5 seconds on google and I found long range passive rfid reader for vehicle management [alibaba.com] that claims 8 to 15 metres.
I suspect that some researchers really don't have a clue as to what state of the art is.
Plus when it comes to reading things via radio waves the most important thing is the antenna and not the computer connected to it. So saying "Plus it's built using an Arduino." is getting almost as bad as patents that are ".. using a computer!!!!!!!!!!"