The document summarizes news in embedded systems security for May 2011, focusing on near field communication (NFC) technologies, smart meters and smart cards. Key events highlighted include Google launching a mobile wallet using NFC, partnerships between technology companies to advance NFC payments, and upcoming security conferences on NFC and other smart technologies.

1. Embedded Systems Security
news for May 2011
Focus on:
(1) NFC
(2) Smart Meter + Smart Cards
(3) Coming events
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2. Highlights/key facts on NFC (1/2)
09/05/2011 Mobey Forum SCT#494 Guangfa Bank, Infobip, Misys, Nykredit, Oberthur Technologies and Western Union Join Mobey Forum
Google taps Ingenico for NFC coupons pilot : Originally thought to focus on mobile payments,
Google’s pilot will instead aim to determine customer attitudes towards mobile couponing and
05/05/2011 Google NFC News other marketing/loyalty aspects of NFC technology.
"How to" NFC session@ IO2011 by N.Pelly&J.Hamilton 1h video
11/05/2011 Google http://www.google.com/events/io/2011/sessions/how-to-nfc.html
Google is concentrating on peer-to-peer, "0-click interaction" and on what it does best:
advertising and 1-to-1 marketing (not payment system), next android version “Ice Cream Sandwich”
25/05/2011 Google (successor of "Gingerbread") expected to have more NFC functionali
NXP announces its PN65 NFC enables the newly announced "Google Wallet".
NXP joins partners Google, Citibank, MasterCard, First Data, and Sprint, along
with other market leaders, in to unveil Google Wallet, an open platform
NXP SCT enabling mobile tra
NFC Google Wallet best links
Google World (2 min video ) see www.google.com/wallet, http://tinyurl.com/3l9rpgh and http://tinyurl.com/3rdhwhy
26/05/2011 Google/Citi/
Mastercard, Google, Citi, MasterCard, First Data and Sprint Demonstrated Google NFC PayPass Wallet.
FirstData, Google Wallet will support payments with two payment solutions: a PayPass eligible
US Sprint SCT Citi MasterCard and a virtual Google Prepaid card.
Google/ Ingenico partners with Google to work on "Google Wallet" (an Android app) which
27/05/2011 Ingenico SCT allows consumers to use their mobile phones to tap, pay and save.
WW Google/ VeriFone partners with Google and Leading Retailers (trials in the ) to
26/05/2011 VeriFone SCT Power NFC-based Mobile Payments (Google Wallet)
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3. Highlights/key facts on NFC (2/2)
The AFSCM Publishes a Vademecum for NFC Service Providers which describes step by step
FR 23/05/2011 AFSCM SCT the processes to launch a cityzi compatible application. http://tinyurl.com/3b7e5pd
NFC
05/05/2011 Merchant360 News Merchant360 launches NFC stack for payment terminals
NFC European Payments Council (EPC) launches public consultation on mobile contactless payments
08/05/2011 EPC World in SEPA (this is revised version of first draft date June 10)
NFC
17/05/2011 NXP News Up to 100 million NFC phones will ship this year, says NXP
GlobalPlatform has released a cross-industry certification model, which defines the security
evaluation necessary for secure elements with post-issuance capabilities to achieve certification
23/05/2011 GP SCT from EMVCo and Common Criteria.
Infineon Claims Leading Position in Security Chips for NFC-Enabled Smart Phones and is
launching its latest security microcontroller for NFC applications: the embedded Secure
EU IFX SCT Element (SLE 97144SE)
Highlights/key Facts on Authentications ICs
NXP and Intrinsic-ID (leading provider of security IP) announced the availability of a
demonstration platform for the deployment of hardware intrinsic security (HIS) solutions
EU 25/05/2011 NXP SCT based on Physical Unclonable Functions on NXP’s SmartMX chip platform.
Atmel Launches Industry's First EEPROM Device (ATAES132) With AES-CCM
US 16/05/2011 Atmel Authentication (AES in Counter and Cipher block chaining modes with message authentication code)
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4. Highlights/key facts on Smart Meter/Grid
Meter/
US 16/05/2011 Maxim Maxim G3-PLC Chipset Complies with IEEE P1901.2 Prestandard for Smart Grid Communications
ASIA 19/05/2011 L+G (blank) Toshiba acquires Landis+Gyr
Other / MISC
12/05/2011 StarChip SI#19-2011 Starchip (HQ in ,) partners with LFoundry to address ID and Payment markets.
Oberthur Technologies may be looking for buyers of 60% of its smart card
FR business (which accounts for 73% of its global sales), according to a report
Oberthur on Telecom.com via Les Echos. (According to rumors, Bain would be the partner for the LBO)
Eurosmart releases market figures (more than 6 billion cards in 2011), new members and future
09/05/2011 Eurosmart plans
16/05/2011 Inside Secure SI CW20 Inside secure (341 employees) files Initial Public Offering (IPO) prospectus, IPO planned in 2011
EU G&D Cards & Services +20% in 2010 (banknote -16%, Gov sol. +15%, new biz +25%),
25/05/2011 G&D Group sales reached EUR 1.7 billion
Infineon has purchased real estate and manufacturing facilities from the insolvency
IFX administrator managing the assets of Qimonda Dresden.
Broadcom acquires SC Square Ltd (Security Chip & Communication : a security software
Broadcom/S developer based in which develops its own OS Appolo) Broadcom, earlier acquired
08/05/2011 C² SCT Innovision Research & Technology, a developer of IP for NFC.
Ingenico/ U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) decides to file antitrust lawsuit to stop Verifone
Hypercom/ from buying Hypercom and to stop entering into divesture agreement of
US 12/05/2011 Verifone Hypercom’s assets with Ingenico.
Rambus (a major technology licensing) acquires Cryptography Research (a semiconductor
25/05/2011 Rambus/CRI security R&D and licensing company)
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5. Coming events
19-21 Sept Nice (FR) NFC World Congress http://www.nfcworldcongress.com/conference
NFC 13-14 June London NFC Payments Europe 2011 www.nfcinsight.com/paymentseurope
Other 21-24 Sept Nice (FR) Smart Event ’11 http://www.smart-event.eu/
Smart University http://www.smart-university.eu/
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