The cipher was broken using a related-key attack.
Tags: encryption, phone, mobile phones, cell phone, cell phones

Gold Line says its Gold Lock 3G cell phone encryption system is unhackable--and they've offered a quarter of a million dollars in gold to anyone who can prove them wrong.
Tags: mobile, cybersecurity, cell phone, information security, cyberwar

Karsten Nohl hopes his recent demonstration of how to break GSM encryption will prompt operators to upgrade their security.
Tags: security, mobile, cell phone, GSM, hack

Should mobile carriers push out updated software to customers regardless of choice, or is it safer to have the users request the updates?
Tags: wireless, carriers, chips, security, cell phone

A cyberattack sends text messages to victims' contacts -- but it may do still more damage.
Tags: e-Mail, consumer, malware, developer, cell phone