MIM

A Man in the Middle (MIM) attack is anattack angle that takes advantage of the mutual trust of a thirdparty, 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 ofits small size and low price. Most RFID technologies talk to any reader close enough to read thesignal. There is no user interaction in reading the tag, and no authentication of the reader takesplace. Consequently, you can walk up to someone with an RFID tag and a reader tuned to thefrequency of their tag, and read or interact with their tag without he or she knowing, whilereplaying or emulating the tag to the reader at the same time.

Chip Clones Fraud and Theft

Physical access control the ability to control when and where people go is a big problem inthe business world. The easiest solution is to have guards at the doors to all sensitive areas;however, this has its drawbacks. Guards are expensive, make mistakes, and do not like to keep audittrails. Master key lock systems can also be a problem, because a dismissed employee may have a copyof the key, thereby forcing you to buy all new locks.

At some point, someone introduced access cards in the formof magnetic strip cards. These systems had a computer-driven backend; cards could be revoked andremoved from the...