Most mobile calls around the world are made over the Global System for Mobile Communications standard; in the US, GSM underpins any call made over AT or T-Mobile's network.
And the vulnerability has been around for decades.
Regular GSM calls aren't fully end-to-end encrypted for maximum protection, but they are encrypted at many steps along their path, so random people can't just tune into phone calls over the air like radio stations.
"GSM is a well documented and analyzed standard, but it’s an aging standard and it's had a pretty typical cybersecurity journey," says Campbell Murray, the global head of delivery for BlackBerry Cybersecurity.
"The weaknesses we found are in any GSM implementation up to 5G.
Regardless of which GSM implementation you’re using there is a flaw historically created and engineered that you’re exposing."
Short Message Service (SMS) is the technology that enables user to send and receive text messages via mobile phones.
Short Message Service (SMS) is the technology that enables user to send and receive text messages via mobile phones.
There are two basic types of SMS:
Point-to-point communication service is the service that supports messages between two subscribers of the SMS services.
SMS network architecture is based on the architecture of Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM).
Instead, messages are routed and stored in SMS Message Centre (SMSMC), and then forwarded to the destination.
However, the ones that steal the show are concept phones; they are nothing less than any dream.
Concept phones have design ideas, including high technology support, that make them seem like a gadget from the future.
The designers of these concept phones, often focus on the look and feel.
Let’s take a look at some of the best concept phones of this generation:
The company which ruled the mobile industry for many years has developed a green phone using recycled materials with a vision to reduce the hazardous impact of mobile phones on the environment.
The phone’s corrugated metal casing and flat touch-sensitive keypad are made of recycled cans.
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