An algorithm from the 1990s used to encrypt mobile phone data was deliberately weakened to allow eavesdropping, claims a team of cryptanalysts. It is possible the flaw could still allow access to ...

In a move to shed light on the vulnerability of GSM wireless networks, encryption expert Karsten Nohl, with the aid of 24 fellow hackers, was … ...

BERLIN (The NYT) -- A German computer engineer said Monday that he had deciphered and published the secret code used to encrypt most of the world’s digital mobile phone calls, saying it was his ...

Kevin J. O’Brien divulges the news: A German computer engineer … has deciphered and published the secret code used to encrypt most of the world’s … mobile phone calls. … Karsten Nohl ...

GSM encryption code 'cracked' A German computer engineer said he had cracked the 21-year-old GSM algorithm used to encrypt most of the world's mobile phone calls.

Judge Demands FBI Breakthrough Encryption Code on Apple Phone of San Bernardino Gunman Apple is refusing to comply saying this could set a dangerous precedent.

While your phone’s encryption protects the files on the device, plenty of data finds its way out into the ether.

Deutsche Telekom(GER:DTE) is to launch an app for smartphones that encrypts voice and text messages and will be available to all its users. Consumer privacy fears have sparked intense interest in ...

Steve Inskeep talks to Matthew Green, a computer science professor at Johns Hopkins University, to find out what breaking into an iphone's encryption really means.

Enabling encryption on your Apple phone or tablet is easier than you think.