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For this reason, manifold realizations and studies have been carried out to address this matter. In this work, we tried to provide a thorough analysis of the cryptography-based solutions for RFID cards (MIFARE cards as a case study) by performing a Systematic Literature Review (SLR) to deliver the up-to-date trends and outlooks on this topic.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/fi15110354","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,10,27]],"date-time":"2023-10-27T09:56:36Z","timestamp":1698400596000},"page":"354","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":18,"title":["A Systematic Literature Review on Authentication and Threat Challenges on RFID Based NFC Applications"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"15","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0001-3984-138X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Ismail","family":"El Gaabouri","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"ICES Team, ENSIAS, Mohammed V University in Rabat, Rabat 10000, Morocco"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Mohamed","family":"Senhadji","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"ICES Team, ENSIAS, Mohammed V University in Rabat, Rabat 10000, Morocco"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-2790-0784","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Mostafa","family":"Belkasmi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"ICES Team, ENSIAS, Mohammed V University in Rabat, Rabat 10000, Morocco"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-8119-3243","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Brahim","family":"El Bhiri","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Smartilab Laboratory, EMSI, Rabat 10000, Morocco"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,10,27]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"El Gaabouri, I., Senhadji, M., and Belkasmi, M. 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