[pchelpers] News: Common Mobile Security Doesn't Cut it, Hackers Say

Jeremy Kirk, IDG News Service  Sun Mar 30, 8:30 AM ET 

The security of the most widely used standard in the world for
transmitting mobile phone calls is dangerously flawed, putting privacy
and data at risk, two researchers warned at the Black Hat conference in
Europe last week.

Researchers David Hulton and Steve Muller showed at Black Hat in the
U.S. last month how it was possible to break the encryption on a GSM
(Global System for Mobile Communications) call in about 30 minutes using
relatively inexpensive off-the-shelf equipment and software tools. The
hack means they could listen in on phone calls from distances of up to
20 miles (32 kilometers) or farther away.

More here:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080330/tc_pcworld/143969
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