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 ...

An encryption algorithm designed to protect calls on GSM phones has been broken by three cryptographers using only a dual-core, Intel -based Dell Latitude PC running Linux. In a paper released Tuesday ...

Kevin J. O’Brien divulges the news: A German computer engineer … has deciphered and published the secret code used to encrypt most of the world’s … mobile phone calls. … Karsten Nohl, aimed to ...

update A security expert is calling for the creation of a mobile app to alert users when their communications security has been compromised. Craig Heath, chief security technologist at the Symbian ...

The organization behind RCS is working on securing conversations between Android and iPhone users. The organization behind RCS is working on securing conversations between Android and iPhone users. is ...

Israeli scientists have discovered a flaw in the encryption used in GSM cellphones that makes it possible (though not particularly easy) to electronically eavesdrop on calls. Besides knowing how to ...

Further enhancing the 6113 base station tester for GSM base stations, the company's latest option offers A5/3 encryption capabilities. Support for the latest A5/3 GSM encryption algorithm complements ...

At the Black Hat conference, two researchers showed how encryption on a GSM mobile phone call can be broken using cheap off-the-shelf equipment The security of the most widely used standard in the ...