Short-duration clock approach thwarts RFID attacks

(Phys.org) -- Security researchers and practitioners at the 21st USENIX Security Symposium in Bellevue, Washington, which starts on Wednesday, will learn how researchers have devised an hourglass technology that can thwart attacks by RFID thieves. The study, by researchers from University of Massachusetts Amherst; University of California, Berkeley; and Dartmouth College, will be presented at the event, their work involves the use of a short-duration “clock” on batteryless radio-frequency identification (RFID) chips—that means no special-purpose hardware needed. The idea is to reduce vulnerability to attacks.

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