The GSM technology used by the majority of the world’s mobile phones will get some scrutiny at this week’s Black Hat security conference, and what the security researchers there have to say isn’t pretty. On Friday, an open source group released software that cracks the A5/1 encryption algorithm used by some GSM networks. Called Kraken, [...]

Cell phone companies have started to barrage consumers with advertising for the next advance in wireless network technology: “4G” access. The companies are promising faster speeds and the thrill of being the first on the block to use a new acronym. Much of this is just marketing spin to promote systems that in some cases [...]

Following a recent crack of the simpler A5/1 standard, researchers at the Weizmann Institute of Science say they have cracked the A5/3 security cipher (nicknamed Kasumi) by using what’s known as a “sandwich” attack. The group accomplished its goal by creating a distinguishing trait for the key and using just four related keys to determine [...]

To supplement our existing range of courses for registered learners, we have added a new Online Wireless Courses page, linking to a selection publicly available and free online courses. The two initial courses added are: XC001 – Intro to Radio Waves – An introduction to  radio waves and their characteristics. XC002 – Intro to Cellular [...]