Smart Cards Vulnerable to Photo-Flash Attacks? 217
belphegor writes "Researchers at the University of Cambridge have
found a way to use a camera flash and microscope to extract data from smart cards. " Notable because its apparently relatively
simple to do and really throws a monkey wrench into a variety of businesses
that use smart cards to store important data.
Shouldn't they be arrested? (Score:2, Funny)
SMILE!! (Score:2, Funny)
Trust us, OUR cards ARE smart... (Score:3, Funny)
However, it is speculated that the card contains material that can obscure the flash, literally achieving "security through obscurity."
Easy solution: Nanotubes (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Now I just got to figure out (Score:2, Funny)
The handyman's secret weapon (Score:4, Funny)
"We used duct tape to fix the photoflash lamp on the video port of a Wentworth Labs MP-901 manual probing station," they wrote in their paper.
No matter how high tech, there's no experiment that can't be improved with duct tape
It's been done... (Score:2, Funny)
Homer: What are you, the narrator?
-- The Simpsons, Itchy and Scratchy Land, 2F01
Re:They should have used the iButton (Score:5, Funny)
it's sad this springs to mind. (Score:5, Funny)
Dmitri called. He said if you see any guys in cheap suits applauding on stage right, exit stage left.
That's what they're calling it these days, eh? (Score:3, Funny)
-Sou|cuttr
Mr. Anderson? (Score:1, Funny)
My name is Neo!
Re:Easy to do? (Score:2, Funny)
Re:They should have used the iButton (Score:5, Funny)
I tried building that. I'm 70% of the way there.
Re:They should have used the iButton (Score:1, Funny)