NSA Playset: GSM Sniffing
Pierce and Loki explores nsa playset: gsm sniffing at DEF CON 22, examining hardware-security and practical defenses.
Summary
Architecture and Background
NSA Playset : GSM Sniffing Pierce SECURITY RESEARCHER Loki SECURITY RESEARCHER A5/1, as implemented in GSM, was broken wide open in 2003, yet GSM is still the most widely used mobile communications protocol in the world.
Vulnerability Analysis
Introducing TWILIGHTVEGETABLE, our attempt to pull together the past decade of GSM attacks into a single, coherent toolset, and finally make real, practical, GSM sniffing to the masses.
Exploitation and Demonstrations
Loki and Pierce are security researchers in Portland, Oregon who operate out of the BrainSilo hackerspace.
Remediation and Defensive Strategies
They each have a decade of experience breaking various forms of wireless and telecom networks, and a passion for empowering the security community.
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