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Title: Flaws in Ancient Standard Enable Wireless Eavesdropping, Spying Post by: HCK on December 24, 2014, 09:00:21 am Flaws in Ancient Standard Enable Wireless Eavesdropping, Spying
Vulnerabilities in Signaling System 7, telephony signaling protocols used by carriers worldwide, allow third parties to listen to people's cellphone calls and intercept text messages despite encryption, The Washington Post reported last week. German cybersecurity researchers Tobias Engel of Sternraute and Karsten Nohl of Security Research Labs separately discovered these vulnerabilities. Source: Flaws in Ancient Standard Enable Wireless Eavesdropping, Spying (http://www.technewsworld.com/story/81520.html?rss=1) |