Researchers in Germany claim to have for the first time cracked two encryption systems of satellite phones, a breakthrough in call deciphering which may threaten the security of such devices worldwide ...

BOCHUM, Germany, Feb. 8 (UPI) -- Satellite telephony thought to be secure against eavesdropping because of encryption is unsafe, say German researchers who cracked the encryption. Researchers at the ...

German academics said they had cracked two encryption systems used to protect satellite phone signals and that anyone with cheap computer equipment and radio could eavesdrop on calls over an entire ...

The Ministry of Defence has said a satellite phone encryption crack by researchers will not affect UK military use of satellite phones. The crack of the A5-GMR-1 and A5-GMR-2 encryption algorithms ...

The Federated Quantum System was announced June 11 during the G-7 summit UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is hosting in Cornwall, England. Credit: Andrew Parsons / No 10 Downing Street TAMPA, Fla. — ...

Full details will be revealed in a new report due to be published on the university website in the next 24 hours: ‘Don’t trust satellite phones.’ Meanwhile, the researchers gave Infosecurity sight of ...

Encryption is a crucial part of technology, protecting individuals' privacy and finances online. Quantum computing, the next leap forward for the field, needs its own versions of this tech and in a ...

Researchers demonstrate ground-based measurements of quantum states sent by a laser aboard a satellite 38,000 kilometers above Earth. In a new study, researchers demonstrate ground-based measurements ...

Europe is aiming to launch a technology demonstration satellite for secure, quantum-encrypted communications in 2024, with a view to developing a larger constellation. The satellite, Eagle-1, will be ...

Thanks to the internet, a wealth of information is at our fingertips – although the flipside is that sensitive data is often vulnerable to eavesdropping and theft. Quantum encryption can make that ...

A joint terminal attack controller checks his handheld Link 16 radio in 2016 at the Nevada Test and Training Range. (Airman 1st Class Nathan Byrnes/U.S. Air Force) WASHINGTON — A new Link 16-capable ...

A team at Ruhr University Bochum has shown how to defeat the built-in encryption found on Thuraya satellite phones used in Africa, Eurasia and the Middle East. Speaking of security, let's talk a ...