Short Bytes: Adam Laurie is a security researcher who works in the field of RFID technology. He hacks RIFD devices to look for any vulnerability which could be used to compromise them. In a video, he demonstrates how simple it is to clone a passport or a plastic credit card.
He has also coded RFIDIOt (RFID IO tools) collection of tools and libraries, published under the GNU GPL, which could be used to explore RFID technology. “I like silly puns. Also, I’m coming at this from an idiot’s point of view: I know nothing about RFID tags, and even less about python. As such, I felt a complete idiot when I started,” — Mr. Laurie writes in response to why RFIDIOt faq.
Apart from his helpful hacking hobbies, Mr. Laurie is the director of a UK-based security firm Aperture Labs Ltd. and a senior member of the DEFCON community.
The third episode of Motherboard’s Can I Hack It? series features Major Malfunction at his countryside home. In the video, Major smoothly manages to clone the credit card and the passport of the host Victoria Turk.
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Source:https://fossbytes.com/
Working as a cyber security solutions architect, Alisa focuses on application and network security. Before joining us she held a cyber security researcher positions within a variety of cyber security start-ups. She also experience in different industry domains like finance, healthcare and consumer products.
