January 2008
RFID Workshop:
RFID CUSP members
gear up for the upcoming RFID Security Workshop at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD on January 23 and 24.
November 2007
RFID Journal, November 1, 2007:
RFID Journal reports Daniel Holcomb's work on using the initial SRAM state for fingerprint extraction and random number generation on RFIDs.
October 2007
Alexandria, VA, Oct 31, 2007:
Dr. Ari Juels presents "Covert Channels in Privacy-Preserving Identification Systems" and discusses the concern of such channels existing in RFIDs at ACM CCS 2007.
July 2007
Malaga, Spain, July 11, 2007:
Graduate students Daniel Holcomb and Hee-Jin Chae present results on RFID security at RFIDSec 2007.
June 2007
June 24, 2007:
The IEEE Communications Society awards the 2007 Best Tutorial Paper Award to the J-SAC paper, "RFID Security and Privacy: A Research Survey," by A. Juels. Read more >
Ottawa, Canada, June 21, 2007:
The Privacy Enhancing Technologies (PET) Award was given to the paper 'Security Analysis of a Cryptographically-Enabled RFID Device', by S. Bono, M. Green, A. Stubblefield, A. Juels, A. Rubin, and M. Syzdlo. Read more
May 2007
Montreal, Canada, May 3, 2007:
Prof. Kevin Fu discusses security and privacy aspects of ubiquitous computing in the retail store of the future at the 17th Conference on Computers, Freedom, and Privacy. Read more >
May 7, 2007:
The EMC Corporation's Innovation Network will broaden the company's engagements with leading university research programs and consortia, including the RFID Consortium for Security and Privacy. Read more >
Federal Reserve, May 21, 2007:
Prof. Kevin Fu explains laboratory research in RFID security at the Emerging Payments Research Group Contactless Forum at the Boston Federal Reserve. Read more >
April 2007
DoD RFID Summit, April 3-4, 2007:
Dr. Ari Juels serves on an RFID privacy panel at the Department of Defense RFID Summit. Read more >
Dartmouth Centers Forum, April 9, 2007:
Prof. Kevin Fu moderates a panel on RFID security and privacy at the Dartmouth College Center Forum on Freedom and Technology. Read more >
March 2007
NPR's "Please Explain", March 9, 2007: Graduate student Thomas S. Heydt-Benjamin explains electronic identification on the Leonard Lopate Show of New York Public Radio. Listen >
TACD RFID Workshop, March 13, 2007:
Prof. Kevin Fu joins panelists at the TransAtlantic Consumer Dialogue’s workshop on “RFID and Ubiquitous Computing" in Brussels, Belgium to discuss how privacy and security can be built into the technology.
PerSec Workshop, March 19, 2007:
Graduate student Benessa Defend presents the cryptanalysis of two lightweight authentication schemes at the Fourth IEEE International Workshop on Pervasive Computing and Communication Security in New York. Read more >
Berkeley TRUST, March 22, 2007:
Prof. Kevin Fu speaks at the Berkeley TRUST seminar. Read more >
February 2007
Financial Cryptography, Feb 11, 2007: Graduate student Thomas S. Heydt-Benjamin presents analysis of RFID-enabled credit cards and Prof. Kevin Fu runs a panel on RFID security and privacy at the Financial Cryptography Conference in Tobago/Trinidad. Read more >
RSA Conference, Feb 6, 2007: Dr. Ari Juels presents "RFID Security: An Overview" and serves on the panel, "RFID — The Benefits and Challenges: Do We Legislate or Do We Innovate?" in San Francisco, CA. Read more >
October 2006
New York Times, Oct 23, 2006: RFID CUSP scientists demonstrate security and privacy vulnerabilities in RFID-enabled credit cards. Read more >
September 2006
RFID Journal, Sept 8, 2006: Scientists to receive $1.1 million from the National Science Foundation to research cryptographic protocols, hardware and applications in RFID security. Read more >
August 2006
RFID Journal, Aug 22, 2006: An implantable passive RFID tag made by the VeriChip Corp. can be cloned and is, therefore, not an appropriate device for use in building access control. Read more >
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