Dutch computer science researchers have warned that viruses embedded in radio frequency identification (RFID) tags used in supply chains to track and trace goods are around the corner.
Despite niggling privacy concerns, radio frequency identification (RFID) is impacting a wide range of industries beyond its obvious home in the supply chain
The European Commission has backed a new wireless development platform designed to make it easier and cheaper for service providers and users to develop and adopt mixed wireless technologies.
Radio frequency identification systems featured heavily at this year's CeBit trade show, with a dedicated exhibition area for the supply chain technology.
More than half the wireless networks used at the CeBIT IT trade fair in Hanover, Germany, last week were vulnerable to hackers because they had no encryption protection, research has revealed.
It could be 15 years before radio frequency identification (RFID) tags become universal in retail, according to German supermarket giant Metro Group, which is running a pioneering pilot of the technology.