Researcher cracks SIM crypto to own phones via SMS

A quarter of mobiles phones using DES encryption rather than the newer triple-DES for their SIM cards are vulnerable to an attack via SMS that results in a complete takeover of the phone. German security researcher Karsten Nohl, founder of Berlin's Security Research Labs, who previously busted GPRS encryption and cracked transport smartcard encryption keys with a microscope, has told the New York Times and Forbes about the attack, which he will outline to the August Black Hat conference in Las Vegas. While Nohl is holding back some details of...

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Windows 7 Tablets anyone? Dell Latitude ST Tablet Comes to India

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VMware Retracts OS X Client Virtualisation Following Goof Up

ITProPortal VMware Retracts OS X Client Virtualisation Following Goof Up ITProPortal And, now Fusion 4.1 is giving users a "confirmation screen" to remind "verify that the operating system is licensed to run in a virtual machine." reported ARS Technica. The blog post says that this confirmation screen is supposedly the new feature in ... VMWare releases Fusion 4.1.1 updateO'Grady's Power Page VMware Fusion 4.1 releasedErvik.as all 44 news ...

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Lenovo 5-inch Android tablet leaks - CNET UK

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