Earlier this month, cyber telecoms security firm AdaptiveMobile Security disclosed the details of Simjacker, an attack method that involves sending specially crafted SMS messages to the targeted mobile phone. The attack relies on the fact that these special messages are processed by the legacy S@T Browser present on many SIMs. An attacker could issue commands […]
SIM-maker #gemalto says yes, it was hacked by GCHQ and NSA. But not that badly… Last week, leaks from NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden revealed what appeared to be a major hacking operation against the world’s largest #sim card manufactuer, orchestrated by the NSA and UK’s GCHQ intelligence agencies in 2010 and 2011. According to a […]
We all know that mobile phones have been the focus of cybercriminals for a while now. But Trojanized mobile applications are only one attack scenario. Some problems lie even deeper in your phone. Karsten Nohl, a German researcher who has done a lot of work with GSM networks and mobile phones in the past, has […]
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