An eighth of all SIM cards used around the world could be at risk of fraud, theft, or being bugged, a German security expert has claimed.
It has been revealed that the encryption that is used by some mobile SIM cards can be a direct source for hackers in remotely controlling their host handsets. According to The New York Times report, this flaw is directly linked to cards using DES (Data Encryption Standard).
Karsten Nohl, the founder of Germany’s Security Research Labs, who has supplied some hacking achievements previously, brought in details of the attack to both the New York Times and Forbes.
According to Nohl, two targeted...
