Pierluigi Paganini
July 28, 2020
Yet another Multipurpose Breakout Board to hack hardware in a clean and easy way! How to hack IoT & RF Devices with BürtleinaBoard. Disclaimer: due to a complaint from the citizens of my native city in Italy… I had to rename #PiadinaBoard into #BurtleinaBoard 😛 Few months ago I have presented #FocacciaBoard: a similar multipurpose breakout board […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 16, 2019
Security expert Pasquale Fiorillo demonstrates how to hack n RFID/NFC Vending Machine. The affected vendor did not answer to my responsible disclosure request, so I’m here to disclose this “hack” without revealing the name of the vendor itself. The target vending machine uses an insecure NFC Card, MIFARE Classic 1k, that has been affected by multiple […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 22, 2018
The authentication process via German eID cards with RFID chips is flawed, an attacker could impersonate any other citizen. The nightmare comes true, the authentication process via German eID cards with RFID chips is flawed and a flaw could allow an attacker to allow identity spoofing and changing the date of birth. The situation is […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 25, 2017
The Wisconsin company Three Square Market (32M) is about to become the first in the U.S. to implant microchip to its voluntary employees. In April 2015, the security researcher Seth Wahl implanted an NFC Chip in his hand to bypass security scanners in a high-security environment and exploit Android mobile devices. Wahle used the NFC chip […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 09, 2016
Hackers demonstrated to the Tech Insider how to break into any office by purchasing from Amazon and eBay $700 worth of electronic parts to clone access cards. Breaking into a company could be very easy and cheap for hackers, it could be sufficient to buy from Amazon and eBay $700 worth of parts. “We watched a […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 30, 2015
Accuvant researchers will be releasing an open source piece of hardware dubbed BLEkey that can be used to circumvent these RFID card readers. Do you require to pass a card into a device to enter in your company’s office? Most probably you are using a card based on Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID) technology to grant the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 18, 2015
Bio hacking – technology and humans have never been so close, they complement each other. But what are the security and privacy risks? IS BIOHACKING A SECURITY RISK? Imagine a world where our day to day activities like door locking, supermarket purchases, credit card swipes and smartphone usage are replaced by just one chip embedded […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 25, 2014
TrendMicro explained the mechanisms behind the hacking of RFID payment smartcards, explained how to do it with an Android App. Security experts recently spotted an Android app used to hack the NFC based electronic payment system used in Chile, the “Tarjeta BIP!”. The malicious Android app detected as ANDROIDOS_STIP.A was designed to attack NFC devices and distributed online through forums and blogs. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 19, 2014
The system used to produce RFID identification cards including permanent resident IDs by the USCIS has a number of serious security issues. A report from the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) at DHS titled “Radio Frequency Identification Security at USCIS Is Managed Effectively, But Can Be Strengthened” confirms the presence of serious security issues in the […]
