Margherita Hack

The MIFARE Hack

The MIFARE Classic is the most popular RFID chip, used in public transport as well as cafeterias and other applications. This paper gives an overview of which methods were used to re-engineer the chips, from polishing to analyzing the communication. Within this process, various security weaknesses were discovered. Those allow various attacks, which will be shown in the last part of the paper.

Margherita Francescatto Dissecting Human Cns Gene Expression

The human CNS is an extremely complex organ that governs our abilities for cognition, reasoning and emotions and is the control center for the body. Its morphology and functionality during development have been well studied, but the molecular mechanisms contributing to its function and maintenance later in life remain poorly understood. Complexity at the transcriptional level is likely to play ...

Weblint: Just Another Perl Hack

Weblint is a utility for checking the syntax and style of HTML pages. It was inspired by lint [15], which performs a similar function for C and C++ programmers. Weblint does not aspire to be a strict SGML validator, but to provide helpful comments for humans. The importance of quality assurance for web sites is introduced, and one particular area, validation of HTML, is described in more detail...

Reinhard Wilhelm , Helmut Seidl , Sebastian Hack

The first SPIE software Hack Day

We report here on the software Hack Day organised at the 2014 SPIE conference on Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation in Montréal. The first ever Hack Day to take place at an SPIE event, the aim of the day was to bring together developers to collaborate on innovative solutions to problems of their choice. Such events have proliferated in the technology community, providing opportunities ...