The telecommunications industry uses a combination of 2G (GSM), 3G (UMTS) and 4G
(LTE) systems to access communication worldwide. Concurrent with a recent rise in cyber …

Wireless communications have revolutionized the way the world communicates. An
important process used to secure that communication is authentication. As flaws in the …

The first GSM standard was published in 1989 [10], fully two decades ago. Since then,
cryptanalysis has weakened or broken significant parts of the original specification. Yet …

The weaknesses of 2G combined with the need for backward compatibility make all the
mobile networks 2G, 3G and 4G vulnerable to Man-in-the-Middle attacks using fake base …

GSM is the biggest wireless network in the world. Billions of people are using this
technology and only some of them know its structure and security mechanisms. In this paper …

This paper addresses the current GSM security system. It presents the terminology,
operation including principals and features. It also discusses the flaws and weaknesses of …

Mobile Transactions are on the increase in third world countries enabling access to banking
services and payment solution. With this rapid increase, most of the underlying platforms are …

GSM bears numerous security vulnerabilities. Although GSM's architecture is designed in
such a way to provide various security features like authentication, data/signaling …

The GSM network, commonly called 2G, was designed during the 1980s when the Cold War
was still ongoing. Due to political pressure from European governments, the security of GSM …