A German expert on mobile's security claims to have discovered a dangerous gap in the SIM card encryption technology. Defects in the technology could be used to hack phones, eavesdropping on calls, even making mobile payments. And that's what I means important cause for secure cell phone.
Is the founder of Security Labs in Berlin, Karsten Nohl, who managed to get 56 digital lock, so that it can modify the data only SIM card by sending a virus on the device via text message. Nohl indulge in, it only took two minutes to finish the hacking process to destroy secure cell phone.
He estimates that 750 million mobile users could be the target of the attack if he found that the method is known by cyber criminals. "We can spy on you. We know your encryption key to make a call. We can read the SMS. More than just a spy, we can steal from the SIM, including mobile identity and mobile payment charge on your account, "said Nohl, as quoted from Tech Radar, Monday (22/07/2013).
Nohl has reported the findings of his study to the GSM Association and will present it in full on 1 Agutus at the Black Hat hacker conference in Las Vegas, United States (U.S.).
"We have to consider the impact and provide guidance to network operators and SIM vendors who may be affected," said a spokesman for the GSM Association in response to Nohl report.
I guess you should be alert about above clues in order to get the secure cell phone.
