Marc Witteman gave a nice overview on methods to break smart cards security in the BlackHat Briefings Europe 2001. You can check his presentation on http://www.blackhat.com/presentations/bh-europe-01/marc-witteman/witteman.pp t. Cheers Fernando -- Fernando Cardoso - Security Consultant WhatEverNet Computing, S.A. Phone : +351 21 7994200 Praca de Alvalade, 6 - Piso 6 Fax : +351 21 7994242 1700-036 Lisboa - Portugal email : fernando.cardosoat_private http://www.whatevernet.com/ > > What would you mean by "peal off"? Would that be some kind of physical > > tampering? Most smart cards often have some kind of "Tamper Resistant > > Sealing". Also if you try to peal of the adhesive coating, you will most > > probably break the delicate fuse wire which most Smart Card > companies run > > in that adhesive coating, thereby making the whole smart-card completely > > useless. > > "The Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research" > has the tools > for 'pealing' of the chip layer by layer (thus not the card). > Again I do not > know the exact technology they use but it is not just your ordenary knive > and skrewdriver. More like elektron microscope and the likes. And I do not > think they are the only ones on the planet who can. > In this fase the are not interested in the working of the whole device as > such. They just take the whole thing apart and 'write every thing down'. > Later they reconstruct the device in simulators, like putting it in Orcad, > and then the creative thinking process starts, I guess. > _____________________________________________________________________ INTERNET MAIL FOOTER A presente mensagem pode conter informação considerada confidencial. Se o receptor desta mensagem não for o destinatário indicado, fica expressamente proibido de copiar ou endereçar a mensagem a terceiros. Em tal situação, o receptor deverá destruir a presente mensagem e por gentileza informar o emissor de tal facto. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Privileged or confidential information may be contained in this message. If you are not the addressee indicated in this message, you may not copy or deliver this message to anyone. In such case, you should destroy this message and kindly notify the sender by reply email. --------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- This list is provided by the SecurityFocus Security Intelligence Alert (SIA) Service. For more information on SecurityFocus' SIA service which automatically alerts you to the latest security vulnerabilities please see: https://alerts.securityfocus.com/
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