RFID systems have many security risks as an insecure wireless communication channel exists between tag and reader. Kulseng et al. have proposed several lightweight secure search protocols for low-cost systems: the basic protocol and the synchronisation-based protocol. To attack these two protocols successfully, the adversary needs to eavesdrop on the communication channel between reader and tag, and intercept and tamper with the exchanged messages. We show that the basic protocol cannot resist the tracking attack. The synchronisation-based protocol is vulnerable to the tracking attack and a kind of desynchronisation attack .
['Chao Lv', 'Hui Li', 'Jianfeng Ma', 'Ben Niu']
Vulnerability analysis of lightweight secure search protocols for low-cost RFID systems