Intercepting mobile phone calls, and decrypting the data, can now be achieved using inexpensive equipment, according to security researcher Karsten Nohl. In a presentation at the Chaos Computer ...

Math is hard and cryptography is even harder. So in light of the news that another of the ciphers used to secure traffic on 3G GSM networks has been cracked, we turned to mathematician and ...

A security researcher has launched a project which aims to use technology originally developed to find signs of alien intelligence to crack the encryption scheme used by GSM mobile 'phones. As ...

Researchers have found a way to eavesdrop upon any mobile call or text message sent via any GSM network, utilising open source phones that cost as little as $10, it has emerged. Karsten Nohl and ...

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 ...