ExtremeTech has posted a step-by-step tutorial for setting up RFID access to your own front door. There are many uses for RFID such as supply chain management, but access control is one of the most ...

Group entry hacks are a favorite for hacker social groups. Why use old fashioned keys when you can use newfangled electronic keys? If you are looking to build a simple RFID-based security system to ...

I just received my RC522 RFID reader and made this simple Arduino access control system that uses the reader, a buzzer for the alarm and a relay shield for the security system. The relay can be used ...

As part of our re-model we're finally moving away from keypad access to some sort of RFID card reader system for our doors. As Lord of All Things Low Voltage, it falls to me to figure out what we ...

A device called BEKey which is the size of a quarter and can be installed in 60 seconds on a proximity card reader could potentially be used to break physical access controls in 80 percent of ...

Following several years of piloting custom solutions that transform Near Field Communication (NFC)-enabled mobile phones into keys that can unlock doors, Swedish technology provider ASSA ABLOY has ...

More and more, companies that formally used only keys are now asking about keyless or electronic access control (EAC). Whether called badges, tokens or cards, they limit access to a facility to only ...

Authenticating and authorizing the personnel who operate, update and maintain manufacturing systems in industrial automation applications is typically accomplished using magnetic stripe cards, smart ...

Wireless card readers are everywhere — but they’re easy to spoof or otherwise attack if you have the right tools Wireless card readers are everywhere — but they’re easy to spoof or otherwise attack if ...

Why are we spending thousands of dollars per card reader door while allowing simple, well-publicized, and inexpensive hacks to compromise our security? The roots of this intransigence are many. Lack ...