Satellite Phone Encryption Calls Can be Cracked in Fractions of a Second

Security researchers have discovered a new method to decrypt satellite phone communications encrypted with the GMR-2 cipher in "real time" -- that too in mere fractions of a second in some cases. The new attack method has been discovered by two Chinese security researchers and is based on previou...

Cryptographers : Satellite phones vulnerable to eavesdropping

Cryptographers : Satellite phones vulnerable to eavesdropping Researchers at a German university claim to have cracked the algorithm that secures satellite phone transmissions. They have broken the encryption of the two main standards used to protect calls from satellite phones, giving them the...