Re: Viruses leap to smart radio tags

[Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu]

On Tue, 18 Jul 2006 08:02:39 EDT, Dude VanWinkle said:
> from: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4810576.stm
>
> Computer viruses could be about to take a giant leap and start
> spreading via smart barcodes, warn experts.
>
> Security researchers have infected a Radio Frequency ID tag with a
> computer virus to show how the technology is vulnerable to malicious
> hackers

This is *so* several months old, if this is the same research already
reported back on March 16:

http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=183700423

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