JusTalkin

Most people probably don’t think about how easily they can be hacked when simply using a phone.  Granted, it’s a bit more difficult on a cell phone than on a simple cordless phone at your home, but I’d wager that people often give out their credit card numbers, etc. over that phone without thinking about it as well.  Many of the phones on the market today still don’t have any type of encryption to prevent anyone with a scanner from listening in on their conversations.  Watch what you say!

Chris Paget made a name for himself back in 2009 when he exposed security vulnerabilities in RFID that allowed him to wirelessly download the contents of US passports from a parked car and he’s making headlines again by exposing serious problems in the GSM cellphone network. Using nothing more than an off the shelf laptop, and a pair of RF antennas he was able to successfully imitate an AT&T cellphone tower which allowed him to intercept and record phone calls. “As far as your cell phones are concerned, I’m now indistinguishable from AT&T,” he told a crowd at this year’s DefCon security conference.

via Hacker Intercepts GSM Phone Calls Using a Homemade $1,500 IMSI Catcher | Maximum PC.