28 dec. 2013
Dec 28. 2013
News – A German researcher has released apps to test
the security of mobile networks.Karsten Nohl
, known for hacking SIM cards from providers, open source tools to detect released. secure GSM networks The software is to test whether the networks still use outdated and unsafe A5/1-encryptie.
One of the tools is the Android app GSMMap, also in Google’s Play Store is. There is also Linux software that can be used on Samsung devices and a tool for Osmocom old firmware for Motorola devices.
tools send the results to a site with an overview of the security aspects of different providers in each country. The Dutch providers KPN, Vodafone and T-Mobile score reasonably safe. Many phone calls are still using insecure GSM network instead. 3G networks have better security. According to Nohl is A5 / 3, but by malicious hacking. Successor of A5 / 1, with sufficient budget That was in 2010 already clear.
According to an internal document that was leaked by whistleblower Edward Snowden, using the U.S. National Security Agency also vulnerabilities in encryption standards of telephone to decipher. calls and text messages
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