Mobile Threat Catalogue

Cryptanalysis of Air Interface Traffic

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Threat Category: Cellular Air Interface

ID: CEL-1

Threat Description: Session keys susceptible to analysis and cracking during transmission between a mobile device and cellular operator.

Threat Origin

GSM Sniffing 1

Exploit Examples

GSM Sniffing 1

CVE Examples

Not Applicable

Possible Countermeasures

Original Equipment Manufacturer

Where possible, prefer the use of modern air interface technologies to ensure stronger cryptographic algorithms are used.

References

  1. K. Nohl, GSM Sniffing, 27th Chaos Communication Congress, Dec. 2010; https://events.ccc.de/congress/2010/Fahrplan/attachments/1783_101228.27C3.GSM-Sniffing.Nohl_Munaut.pdf [accessed 8/23/2016]  2