Insecurity of Chip and PIN - on Newsnight tonight
Ross Anderson
ukcrypto at chiark.greenend.org.uk
Tue, 26 Feb 2008 18:35:58 +0000
Newsnight tonight will feature the latest attacks we've found on Chip
and PIN.
We found that terminals that were supposedly `Common Criteria
Evaluated' and certified by Visa were easy to penetrate. The banks are
in denial as usual.
Our academic paper, which has been accepted for Oakland:
http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/techreports/UCAM-CL-TR-711.pdf
The Newsnight web page:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/newsnight/7265437.stm
Frequently asked questions and other links:
http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/research/security/projects/banking/ped/
and finally our press release:
http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/research/security/projects/banking/ped/press-release.html
Ross