Matthew Comb, a doctoral researcher in digital identity at University of Oxford has a piece in The Conversation looking at the ways governments around the world should be implementing secure COVID vaccination passports.
Many vaccine passports have security flaws – here’s how to make them safer (theconversation.com)
This is important to all of us who will be relying on these documents for travel (again love them or hate them they are a thing). The QR or barcodes used on the passports will hold – in plain text unless encryption is adopted – such information as name, date of birth, medical data etc. Unless security is adopted this information will be available to anyone with a little knowledge and possibly an app on their phone.
Are bad actors abusing this vital health system? Of course they are!
EU investigating leak of private key used to forge Covid passes (bleepingcomputer.com)
Clive Catton MSc (Cyber Security) – by-line and other articles
