Note, that I tried with an old Schlumberger reader which was actually just a USB cable being soldered to an ID-1 Socket and which obviously is not being detected as reader as it is just open wires being plugged in when no card is mounted. If you have a working reader plug in a card an run the explorer again.

Using reader with a card: Alcor Micro AU9540 00 00Īs soon as there is a valid prompt we may try to interact with the card. Or use something more visual like cardpeek in order to pull contents and capabilities from your card.Īnd sometimes you fail to read a card although it looks like a smart card, has a pinout like a smart card, but in fact is not a smart card. opensc-explorerįailed to connect to card: Unresponsive card (correctly inserted?)Īlso make sure to check whether you inserted the card correctly or upside down before you let your enthusiasm drop. And if opensc-explorer cannot talk to the card try cardpeek. I tried a Visa which happily worked with opensc but I needed cardpeek for a Master Card, whereas opensc and cardpeek both failed on my Maestro Card. There are interesting things to read on your card. Mine held logs of purchases including date and amount back to 3 years. Neither opensc nor cardpeek were able to interact with the gamma card. This supported my first guess that this thing is no Smart Card at all. Analyze Card Communication Season Interface However, we have no final proof yet and I still lack understanding how the billing system really works. I got me an old fashioned Season Interface which was used in early days to pirate satellite and pay TV. The interface features a serial port that can be used to sniff traffic, emulate cards or to relay traffic to a central host with a single card being used by a multitude of Season Interfaces. Just to give a bit of an understanding what the intended purpose of the device was. I will use the device to get a clue about the raw packets being sent back and forth between software/hardware and the card. #Alcor micro usb card reader is it malware software#ītw, there is a multitude of software packages that aim to sniff APDUs on Linux and Windows but that’s not what I ultimately aim for. On Linux it is quite simple to listen to serial communication. Just cat the relevant tty device and you are done.įor that you need to check whether your serial adapter got detected and what ID it was given.

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