ATLSECCON 2026

Ken will be a speaker at the upcoming Atlantic Security Conference (ATLSECCON 2026) at the Halifax Convention Center on April 9-10, 2026.

The title of the presentation is, Flipping Out over RFID/NFC cards and Building/Hotel Guest Room Access. Hacker or Hobbyist? For those attending the conference with an interest in solving super ciphers they can find the link to ATLSECCON2026 CipherText Challenge below:

https://kteqgeospace.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Cipher2026.pdf

More details about the conference may be found at: https://www.atlseccon.com

Highlights of the presentation will include:              

  • Basics of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID)/Near Field Comm (NFC)
  • Comparison Low Frequency (LF) versus High Frequency (HF) readers/cards
  • Intro to LF HID H10301 Wiegand protocol LF RFID cards
  • Man-in-the-middle attack on HID readers using ESP8266 “RFID-Tool” Access Point
  • Intro to NXP Mifare Classic, NTAG, Ultralight EV1 and Ultralight C cards
  • Discuss the capabilities of the Flipper Zero (FZ) and Proxmark 3 (PM3)
  • Briefly highlight external FZ modules used for Wi-Fi De-Auth and BadUSB
  • FZ examples of either LF T5577 or HF Mifare Classic “Magic” rewriteable cards
  • FZ example emulating hotel room password-based Mifare Ultralight EV1 card
  • FZ example of hotel Saflok Mifare Classic Level 12 / Grand Master Key FOB
  • Video examples of Ken entering hotel rooms in BC, Alberta, and NB using FZ

A few pictures from the upcoming presentation are included below:

HID RFID CARD READER

Flipper Zero and Mifare Classic Hotel Room Card

Mifare Classic Hotel Room Card

Flipper Zero – HID Prox Card Example

Proxmark 3 Easy – RFID Reader/Writer