Risks of RFID technology

RISKS OF RFID/NFC TECHNOLOGY

Fast contactless payment at the check out, authentication, identification, access and border crossing without long waiting times.
The benefits of RFID/NFC for you as a traveller, shopper and vehicle driver are numerous and undoubted, so are its risks and drawbacks.

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RFID ATTACKS

The risks are numerous and undoubtedly, too:

/ theft of electronic data by illegal scans
/ identity theft and abuse
/ electronic pickpocketing
/ payment fraud
/ unintentional, accidental contactless payments, automatic debits
/ simultaneous multiple payment transactions (multiple charging)
/ no limited numbers of transactions
/ card clash (dense tag environment)
/ interferences during payment transactions (several cards)
/ tracking
/ vehicle theft, car burglary
/ potential vulnerabilities of encryption technologies and security leaks.

Although RFID provides shoppers, vehicle drivers and travellers with the convenience they usually want, there is definitely a compromise with respect to security.

Information stored on RFID chips can be lifted, skimmed and scanned by anyone with easy-to-purchase RFID readers.

RFID blocking is important because of the drawbacks of RFID technology. All (legal and illegal) RFID readers could potentially read the data on cards, smart keys and passports and exploit security leaks.

These RFID scanners initiate and/or tap into the radio transmissions and read out the data on passports, vehicle keys and smart cards and intercept or even manipulate data.

Passport, card and vehicle owners have to watch out for attacks against (too chatty) RFID/NFC chips and so against the digital privacy. These attacks happen silently and unnoticedly at/from a distance.

Type of attacks:

/ Sniffing
/ Spoofing and replay
/ Man-in-the-middle
/ Cloning and emulation
/ Denial of service
/ Jammer system
/ Blocker tags
/ RFID zapper
/ Tracking
/ Relay station attacks (RSA)
/ RFID malware

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CRYPTALLOY RFID STEALTH MODE TECHNOLOGY

Having RFID passports or NFC smart cards hacked is an expensive, time-consuming hassle for your customers - and it can really damage their reputation.

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RFID technology in combination with CRYPTALLOY?

With RFID/NFC technology travellers and shoppers are discovering an inherent trade-off that must be overcome to achieve a balance between convenience, data protection and privacy. CRYPTALLOY RFID blocking material is an essential component in mastering the risks. It isolates RFID chips from its surrounding.

Manufacturers as partners of CRYPTALLOY

/ As RFID/NFC technology becomes more important to our lives with smart cards (contactless payment), smart keys and passports, electronic pickpocketing (RFID skimming), data theft, payment fraud, accidental payment, card clashes and transaction interferences become more of threat.
/ To counter that threat and so to prevent unwanted and incorrect RFID scanning, manufacturers offer to their customers a value adding security feature by using a technical RFID barrier.
/ They embed/incorporate the unique RFID blocking material of the brand CRYPTALLOY into its products as an inner layer. This material guarantees shielding performance and screen attenuation at the highest level and so keeps your personal data and financial information private, secure and safe. It blocks the communication between RFID tag and RFID reader.
/ These manufacturers in combination with a rigorous quality management system ensure that you benefit of the advantages of RFID/NFC-technology without renouncing safety and protection of your valuable data.

CRYPTALLOY cutting edge RFID chip stealth mode technology on a worldwide RFID blocking mission

/ Smart material made by CRYPTALLOY protects personal data stored on radio chips of your debit or credit card or your passport from being stolen by unwanted RFID readers.
/ La matière intelligente de CRYPTALLOY protège vos données personnelles en bloquant l'accès RFID aux puces de vos cartes de crédit, cartes de débit ou de votre passeport électronique.
/ El material inteligente de CRYPTALLOY impide que lectores RFID indeseados roben los datos personales almacenados en el chip RFID de sus tarjetas de crédito, de débito y su pasaporte electrónico.
/ Das intelligente Material von CRYPTALLOY schützt persönliche Daten, die auf RFID-Chips von Kredit-, Debitkarten und elektronischen Pässen gespeichert sind, vor dem unerwünschten Auslesen durch nicht dafür autorisierte RFID-Lesegeräte.
/ Il materiale intelligente da CRYPTALLOY protegge i dati personali memorizzati nel chip RFID della sua carta di credito, carta di debito o del suo passaporto dal furto da parte de lettori RFID indesiderati.
/ De intelligente materiaal van CRYPTALLOY beschermt persoonlijke gegevenszijn opgeslagen op de RFID-chips van uw creditkaarts, debetkaarts of uw paspoort niet gestolen worden door ongewenste RFID-lezers.

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