The use of radio-frequency identification (RFID) technology has grown in recent ... tracking patients in hospitals and identification tags in animals. That technology also has become available ...

Security researcher [Fran Brown] sent us this tip about his Tastic RFID Thief, which can stealthily snag the information off an RFID card at long range. If you’ve worked with passive RFID before ...

Researchers warn pet microchips could be used to carry malware, potentially compromising veterinary systems and spreading across RFID networks without internet access.