Hackers Ready Plough GSM phone

Jakarta - leading security researchers will demonstrate how to hijack a GSM signal. With this method, cell phone conversations can be intercepted easily.


Demos will take place Chris Paget, a security researcher who is leading, in the annual carpet DefCon in Las Vegas in late July 2010.


Paget called Base Station will be demonstrating the kind of fake that could fool the phone in the vicinity so that transmit voice calls to that device. He will also reveal what tools are used for the demo.


Armed with advice from the Electronic Frontier Foundation, Paget proposed the first thing is that the device around the demo area will get a warning.


"You will be warned clearly, that using mobile phones during the demo it means you agree to be tapped. If you do not agree, you should turn off the phone," wrote Paget.


Second, lanjtu Paget, machines used for the demo will not have the hard drive. All data will be stored on the USB stick that after the demo will be directly destroyed by the EFF.


Then, Paget will only use the transmission capacity 250mW (microwatt). Compare with 2W power of most mobile phones.


Fourth, Paget admitted will pursue all calls made during the demo will be directed to the destination as much as possible. Although I can not guarantee, he was also ready to divert emergency calls to local numbers.