A German computer scientist has published details of how to crack the A5/1 encryption algorithm used to protect most of the world's digital mobile phone calls. Karsten Nohl, along with others, has ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Late December saw the announcement that the A5/1 encryption technique used by GSM cellphones was vulnerable to a new attack, raising questions about how the cellular industry would respond. There was ...

Two security researchers on Wednesday will demonstrate methods for intercepting and decoding calls and data transmitted over the popular GSM mobile network technology. Security researchers Karsten ...

In a move to shed light on the vulnerability of GSM wireless networks, encryption expert Karsten Nohl, with the aid of 24 fellow hackers, was able to compile the multitude of algorithms behind the ...

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 ...

Looks like all that GSM code-cracking is progressing faster than we thought. Soon after the discovery of the 64-bit A5/1 GSM encryption flaw last month, the geniuses at Israel's Weizmann Institute of ...