Chapter 13. RFID Attacks: Tag Application Attacks

MIM

A Man in the Middle (MIM) attack is an attack angle that takes advantage of the mutual trust of a third party, or the simultaneous impersonation of both sides of a two-way trust.

MIM attacks are unknown parties in a communication, who relay information back and forth, giving the simultaneous appearance of being the other party.

Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) is particularly susceptible to MIM attacks because of its small size and low price. Most RFID technologies talk to any reader close ...

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