Java Card programming: best practices

Read and remember. Very useful tips, especially about reducing memory consumption. A short summary of how the JCVM allocates memory is also given, including the amount of overhead per object.

Essentials

Hacking fingerprint USB drives

Excellent hack walkthrough and security analysis of two standard fingerprint-secured USB storage drives. The vendor reacted in a mature, proactive way to the news that their drives were hacked. That's not something you see very often... respect to USB-Secured.com.