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'''Ross Anderson''' is a [[cryptographer]] and security researcher at [[Cambridge University]]. His [http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/ home page] has links to many publications. | '''Ross Anderson''' is a [[cryptographer]] and security researcher at [[Cambridge University]]. His [http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/ home page] has links to many publications. | ||
Anderson's graduate students make a habit of breaking almost every [[smartcard]] system that comes out. In 2010, they published a [[man-in-the-middle attack]] on [[EMV]] or chip-and-pin<ref>{{citation | |||
| url = http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/research/security/banking/nopin/ | |||
| title = EMV PIN verification “wedge” vulnerability | |||
| author = Steven J. Murdoch, Saar Drimer, Ross Anderson and Mike Bond | |||
| date = 2010 | |||
}}</ref> on [[EMV]], an authentication system very widely used in banking. | |||
== References == | |||
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Revision as of 09:46, 3 October 2010
Ross Anderson is a cryptographer and security researcher at Cambridge University. His home page has links to many publications.
Anderson's graduate students make a habit of breaking almost every smartcard system that comes out. In 2010, they published a man-in-the-middle attack on EMV or chip-and-pin[1] on EMV, an authentication system very widely used in banking.
References
- ↑ Steven J. Murdoch, Saar Drimer, Ross Anderson and Mike Bond (2010), EMV PIN verification “wedge” vulnerability