Security Research Labs says 500 million mobile phones are vulnerable to 40-year-old SIM encryption. The key can be broken in a couple of minutes and then used to sign malware. SIM cards are found in 7 billion mobile phones worldwide, but how many use the outdated Data Encryption Standard is up for debate. The GSM Association said the older standard was in a “minority” of SIM cards and was not used in today’s devices. The International Telecommunications Union, an agency within the U.N., said the finding was “hugely significant””]
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