I realised that recent iClass cards/fobs I purchased had an odd behaviour.
- It would be detectable by Proxmark3 as an iClass legacy tag.
- However, Proxmark3 refuses to authenticate with the master key.
- Switching over to iclassified + OmniKey 5321, it successfully reads and authenticates. (indicating that the fobs appear to use the default HID keys)
- Looking at Block 03, it seems to use the default HID auth keys. (which was what I definitely purchased).

After some experimentation, and a pile of bricked iClass tags 💸 , I seemed to have stumbled upon a solution to resurrect these anomalous cards/fobs again.
You will need:
- Your anomalous iClass credentials
- A laptop that natively runs proxmark3, AND dual boots to Windows XP with iClassified (NOTE: XP + Omnikey + iClassified combo doesn’t seem to play nice on a VM, I found that only a native environment works. Also, pm3 software does not play well with XP)
- Proxmark3
- An original HID iClass USB reader, compatible with iClassified (I used an Omnikey 5321)

- Since Proxmark3 can read the iClass card/fob’s CSN, calculate a new (different from default) key using calcnewkey.
[usb] pm3 --> hf iclass calcnewkey o (default HID master key) n (your chosen key)
[+] CSN | XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX
[+] CCNR | XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX
[+] Old div key : XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX
[+] New div key : XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX
[+] Xor div key : XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX - Get the Xor Div Key, store it somewhere. Need it in a mo.
- Reboot to your Windows XP environment.
- cd to your iClassified folder, and overwrite Block 03 with the calculated div key:
iclassified>iclass.exe write 3 (calculated key)
SUCCESS - Verify that your card/fob no longer authenticates with the default HID master key.
iclassified>iclass.exe read
Error: Authentication failed - Reboot back to your environment with Proxmark3. Verify that you can now read the credential with your chosen key.
[usb] pm3 --> hf iclass rdbl b 06 k (your chosen key)
[+] block 06: 00 00 00 00 00 00 FF FF
NOTE: I have noticed that this method seems to have a spotty success rate. Out of the 15 seemingly glitchy iClass cards/fobs I attempted to resurrect, 4 of them were bricked and could not be read with the key I specified. They could also not be read by iClassified+OmniKey.