[HGI-news-int] ChameleonMini on Kickstarter

[English Newsletter of the Horst Goertz Institute of IT Security in Bochum]

Subject: ChameleonMini on Kickstarter

Dear all,

We are happy to announce the release of a HGI-related Kickstarter 
project,
i.e., the ChameleonMini: www.kasperoswald.de/kickstarter
ChameleonMini RevG. is a freely programmable, standalone tool for NFC
security analysis, amongst others to emulate & clone contactless cards, 
read
RFID tags and log/sniff RF data. The cost-efficient device is highly
suitable for NFC/RFID/Wireless security lab courses as well as
implementations of own (cryptographic) schemes, e.g., lightweight or
post-quantum RFIDs. Further it can be used, e.g., for renting bicycles,
opening doors, and paying (see videos on the Kickstarter website).

A couple of years ago, the ChameleonMini Rev.E has been released by the
Chair for Embedded Security (EMSEC) as an open-source hardware project 
on
github: https://github.com/emsec/ChameleonMini/wiki and meanwhile became 
a
widespread, easy-to-use NFC tool. The project will make an improved 
Hardware
(and Firmware) for the device publicly available at a low cost and we 
hope
to find enough supporters (especially at the universities...) to reach 
the
goal and go for a big production run. There are also lab packs (20 pcs.)
available and other options to support the project.

Go for it!

Kind regards
David & Timo



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Dr.-Ing. Timo Kasper

Kasper & Oswald GmbH
Mühlenweg 14 b, D-44809 Bochum, Germany

info at kasper-oswald.de
Tel.: +49 234 5200 6267
Fax: +49 234 5200 6268

Geschäftsführer: Dr.-Ing. Timo Kasper, Dr.-Ing. David Oswald
Registergericht: Bochum, HRB 14184
PGP key:   www.kasper-oswald.de/gpg
Skype: kasperoswald

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Horst Görtz Institut für IT-Sicherheit
Ruhr-Universität Bochum

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