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GSM
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SRSLY?
Karsten Nohl, Chris Paget
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26C3, Berlin
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Summary:GSM Encryption needs to be shown insecure
GSM is constantly under attack:
A5/1 cipher shown insecurerepeatedly
Lack of network authentication allowMITM intercept (IMSI Catcher)
However, GSM is used in a growingnumber of sensitive applications:
Voice calls, obviously
SMS for banking
Seeding RFID/NFC secure elementsfor access control, payment andauthentication
To rectify the perception of
GSM‟s security, we demon
-strate its weakness
The community hascomputed the cryptographicbase for a publicdemonstration of crackingGSM
This presentation detailsmotives, approach and next
steps of the “A5/1 CrackingProject”
Karsten Nohl -A5/1 Cracking
Security expec-tations divertfrom reality
Source: H4RDW4RE
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GSM is global, omnipresent and insecure
80% ofmobilephonemarket200+countries4 billionusers!GSMencryptionintroduced
in 1987 …… then
disclosedandshowninsecurein 1994
Karsten Nohl -A5/1 CrackingSource: Wikipedia, GSMA
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