A single channel attack on 915MHz radio frequency identification systems

Authors

Christopher Bolan, Edith Cowan University

Document Type

Conference Proceeding

Publisher

School of Computer and Information Science, Edith Cowan University

Faculty

Faculty of Computing, Health and Science

School

School of Computer and Information Science / Centre for Security Research

RAS ID

4050

Comments

Bolan, C. (2007). A single channel attack on 915MHz radio frequency identification systems. In Proceedings of the 5th Australian Information Security Management Conference (pp. 8-16). School of Computer and Information Science, Edith Cowan University, Perth, Australia. Available here

Abstract

There has been some speculation as to the protection offered by the Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum utilised by RFID technology. This paper explores the construction of an attack based on the broadcast of an attack signal in a single channel. The study details an experiment on two groups of tags where the experimental group are exposed to an attack signal broadcast on a single channel. With consistent findings across both control and experimental groups the experiment clearly demonstrates that FHSS offers no protection against such an attack.

DOI

10.4225/75/57b41c1130df8

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