
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