22.07.2013 12:05 Uhr, Quelle: Engadget

Some SIM cards can be hacked 'in about two minutes' with a pair of text messages

Every phone needs a SIM card, and you'd think such a ubiquitous standard would be immune to any hijack attempts. Evidently not, as Karsten Nohl of Security Research Labs -- who found a hole in GSM call encryption several years ago -- has uncovered a flaw that allows some SIM cards to be hacked with only a text message. By cloaking an SMS so it appears to have come from a carrier, Nohl said that in around a quarter of cas

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