dhs, facerecognition, idcards, identification, nationalsecuritypolicy, Security technology
Jim Harper at CATO has a good survey of state ID systems in the US. Powered by WPeMatico
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algorithms, estonia, idcards, infrastructure, nationalsecuritypolicy, Security technology
Estonia recently suffered a major flaw in the security of their national ID card. This article discusses the fix and the lessons learned from the incident: In the future, the infrastructure dependency on one digital identity platform must be decreased, the use of several alternatives must be encouraged and promoted. In addition, the update and … Read More “Lessons Learned from the Estonian National ID Security Flaw” »
cryptanalysis, cryptography, estonia, idcards, Security technology, securityengineering, smartcards, vulnerabilities
A security flaw in Infineon smart cards and TPMs allows an attacker to recover private keys from the public keys. Basically, the key generation algorithm sometimes creates public keys that are vulnerable to Coppersmith’s attack: While all keys generated with the library are much weaker than they should be, it’s not currently practical to factorize … Read More “Security Flaw in Infineon Smart Cards and TPMs” »
estonia, idcards, identification, Security technology, securityengineering
We have no idea how bad this really is: On 30 August, an international team of researchers informed the Estonian Information System Authority (RIA) of a vulnerability potentially affecting the digital use of Estonian ID cards. The possible vulnerability affects a total of almost 750,000 ID-cards issued starting from October 2014, including cards issued to … Read More “Security Flaw in Estonian National ID Card” »