Mobile security researcher Karsten Nohl says he’ll explain at the BlackHat conference how he can remotely “own” mobile phones with a single text message. Paul Ducklin looks at what Nohl has said so far, and ponders how hard this might be to sort out…
Naked Security – Sophos
Manan Kakkar / India IT Blog:
Indian government plans to introduce SIM cards with digital certificates — Communication over email and SMS using cell phones is widespread in India given the mobile penetration. The Indian government is planning to come up with guidelines to issue encrypted SIM cards with digital signatures unique to an individual or company.
Sean Hollister / Engadget:
Verizon’s LTE rollout is imminent, computers updated for 4G SIM cards — We just got some alleged (but very convincing) internal documents on Verizon’s 4G plans, and it’s mostly stuff we’ve already heard — 5-12Mbps down, aircards before smartphones, and plans to roll out in 30 cities in 2010.