The unveiling of a GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications) encryption codebook compiled by a German security researcher and his team of collaborators lowers the bar significantly for the amount ...

Kartsen Nohl, a German cryptographer and computer engineer, claims he has decrypted the GSM algorithm, which is used to encrypt GSM calls on mobile phones around the world. Nohl and his fellow hackers ...

There are four levels of encryption available for GSM, discussed in detail here. Many countries were not given access to any form of encryption (a screen shot of a phone without security is shown here ...

An Australian company last week launched a security tool for GSM mobile phones that encrypts transmissions to avoid eavesdroppers. GSM is one of the most popular mobile phone standards and is built to ...

A report in The Hindu Business Line newspaper claims, “They showed it is possible... to use a subscriber's IMSI and make calls; to illegally intercept calls; to draw up large bills against a post-paid ...

GSM is the most popular protocol for cellphone telephony on the planet, with billions of users worldwide. But the standard encryption procedure used by most GSM carriers is only 64-bit, and academic ...

The unveiling of a GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications) encryption codebook compiled by a German security researcher and his team of collaborators lowers the bar significantly for the amount ...