Employee of E-Group has been participating as speaker on the largest hacker conference in Eastern and Central Europe, namely Hacktivity 2012. The topics of presentation covered actual security problems of PKI and smart card related technologies. The presentation and demos can be downloaded from the following URLs:

• http://www.egroup.hu/main/attachments/Hacktivity_2012-10-12.pdf
• http://www.egroup.hu/main/attachments/PrivateKeyExporter.wmv
• http://www.egroup.hu/main/attachments/winscard_dll.wmv

The smart card topic is hot nowadays. Whenever experts talk about NEK, student cards, retired cards, mass transit travelling cards, we have to know that in the background cryptographic functions are called. The presentation is about these latter ones.

• How can a „code signer” USB token be accessible for all developers?
• Is it possible to bypass PIN code submission by user at a certified (FIPS, CC) smart card? What is CryptSetProvParam() good for?
• How can the authorization procedure (code review and digital signing must be always performed by Microsoft) of a self-developed CSP be simplified?
• Is it possible to intercept and replay communication with smart card during qualified electronic signature creation? What is the secret of winscard.dll?
• Is it possible to access cryptographic functionality of a smart card from a remote computer?

On 27 June 2012 Granit Bank launched its E-Group developed  „Bank branch at your home/office” service for its clients. It uniquely opens the door for the first time in Hungary to the administration of bank affairs from any corners of the world.

By means of a secure, internet based video channel the system allows clients to establish a live audio-video connection with the operator, to initiate bank transactions and to load related documents.

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