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RE: Israeli boffins crack GSM code
From: "Rainer Gerhards" <rgerhards () hq adiscon com>
Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2003 16:22:19 +0200
It was in the media over here in Germany some days ago. It seems to be a fundamental flaw in the GSM design. AFIK, the attacker pretends to be a GSM base station and can receive the call via a cell handover. Using this technology, it would also possible to call "in the name of" (with the caller id of) any victim that comes close enough to the fake base station. It was said that the GSM providers do not really care because a) it would be to hard to set up the equipment and b) it would probably to expensive for the operators to fix this ;) None of this is first-hand knowledge, but it may be helpful... Rainer -----Original Message----- From: Richard Spiers [mailto:dksaarth () unix za net] Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2003 3:10 PM To: full-disclosure () lists netsys com Subject: [Full-disclosure] Israeli boffins crack GSM code Hi guys, anybody got more information on this? Any thoughts? http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/55/32653.html
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- Israeli boffins crack GSM code Richard Spiers (Sep 09)
- RE: Israeli boffins crack GSM code Kevin Spett (Sep 09)
- Re: Israeli boffins crack GSM code Gregory A. Gilliss (Sep 09)
- RE: Israeli boffins crack GSM code Kevin Spett (Sep 09)
- Re: Israeli boffins crack GSM code Damian Gerow (Sep 09)
- Re: Israeli boffins crack GSM code Damian Gerow (Sep 09)
- Re: Israeli boffins crack GSM code Richard Spiers (Sep 10)
- Re: Israeli boffins crack GSM code Johan Denoyer (Sep 10)
- Re: Israeli boffins crack GSM code vosipov (Sep 10)
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- RE: Israeli boffins crack GSM code Rainer Gerhards (Sep 09)
- Re: Israeli boffins crack GSM code Adam Shostack (Sep 09)