Hackers are using a 'smart card proxy' attack to get around smart cards The U.S. government has been stepping up its use of smart cards to help lock down its computer networks, but hackers have ...

The U.S. government has been stepping up its use of smart cards to help lock down its computer networks, but hackers have found ways around them. Over the past 18 months, security consultancy ...

Another important advantage is that smart cards can be used for offline identity verification, when no access to a system or remote database is possible, by using the computer built into the card ...

A smart card reader in a laptop is a small machine that can read a special card. It lets you use the card to do things on your computer, like logging in or making secure transactions.

A credit card or ID card that contains a chip. When the card is inserted into a reader (contact) or held close to the reader (contactless), data are transferred to a central computer. Also called ...

Allies of 'smart cards'--credit card or ID cards with small computer processors--are adding features such as security and counterfeiting resistance in hopes of hastening its broader use.

Research In Motion has announced a new model of its BlackBerry Smart Card Reader that makes it easy for organizations to implement multi-factor authentication for computers, Blackberry smart phones ...

The smart cards hold a computer chip that, when slid through a reader, will download coupon information from the Internet onto the card, which customers can use to save on purchases at Target stores.

The U.S. government has been stepping up its use of smart cards to help lock down its computer networks, but hackers have found ways around them.

Since 2002, 3.2 million members of the U.S. armed forces and Department of Defense civilian workers have been issued smart cards that allow building and computer network access and enable workers ...

Allies of "smart cards"--credit cards or ID cards with small computer processors--are improving the technology in hopes of hastening their broader use. Smart cards offer advantages such as better ...

In the financial, retail and loyalty card sector, Eurosmart predicts microprocessor smart card sales will grow from 175 million in 2002 to 185 million in 2003 and 235 million in 2004.