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Security Guru Karsten Nohl to Lecture in NL on 12 June Bits&Chips HW Conference
Topic last updated 14 May 2013, by 
Joost Backus.
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In embedded systems security is becoming more and more a hot topic. Often security is not seen as an important issue for embedded systems use. With sometimes dire consequences.
See the famous case for Onity locks. There is a vulnerability in Onity locks, a cheap lock used on millions of hotel room doors. Onity's site boasts their locks are used in 22,000 hotel worldwide.
That lock has a small port on its bottom designed for hotels to set master keys. You could read the lock's memory through this port, including a decryption key.
A 4 million room security issue! So, security is important!
Hear Karsten Nohl 12 june in NL talk on in-store payment terminals and their security issues.
See: http://www.hardwareconference.nl/en/programme/programme-2013/karsten-nohl.html