GPRS encryption protection is outdated German security experts successfully cracked GPRS encryption algorithm

August 11, according to the German business daily reported in Wednesday, a Berlin security company revealed that they have cracked some mobile phone encryption algorithms, these phones can use the Internet.

Kasto Nore (Karsten Nohl), director of the Security Research Laboratory (http://www.aliyun.com/zixun/aggregation/16952.html ">security study Labs"), said After the crack can eavesdrop GPRS. Users will generally use GPRS to read mail, browsing the web.

"Through our technology, we can capture GPRS data in a radius of 5-kilometer," says Noel. ”

Noel said it would be safer to adopt the new UMTS standards, but it would also affect industrial equipment, levy systems, and the use of GRPs devices such as Apple's iphone and ipad, and in remote areas, devices would switch to old-fashioned GPRS.

The global mobile network almost all support GPRS, so the attack will be useful. In Italy, telecoms wind or Italia Telecom is not encrypted at all, while Germany's T, O2 Germany, Vodafone and E-plus will be encrypted, but too weak to be easily read by unauthorized persons.

At the Chaos Communications Conference in 2011, Noel would allow amateur hackers to view GPRS without encrypting it, and he would also demonstrate the method of cryptanalysis.

In an interview, Noel said: "Launch the interception software tomorrow, it will put the unencrypted GPRS operator in the risk." All GPRS networks will be affected by cryptanalysis, but the method will not be published at the conference. ”

Noel believes that most of the GPRS encryption protection has become obsolete.

In 2009, Noel said it had cracked the encryption algorithm of GSM (Global Mobile Communication system) technology.

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