Paper Info
Title
GSM OTA SIM Cloning Attack and Cloning Resistance in EAP-SIM and USIM
Abstract
Global System for Mobile communications (GSM) is the most popular telecommunication protocol used in telecommunication networks. The GSM protocol has weaknesses in the security of its unique identifiers which makes possible cloning in various circumstances. This paper will show, by comparison with physical cloning attacks, how an attacker can perform SIM (Subscriber Identity Module) cloning over the air by exploiting weaknesses in standard GSM communication. This paper will describe the requirements and process of over the air (OTA) cloning, including the process of obtaining the ICCID (Integrated Circuit Card Identifier). In addition, this paper will show how EAP-SIM (Extensible Authentication Protocol for GSM SIM) and USIM (Universal Subscriber Identity Module) are more secure from cloning than GSM, and under what circumstances they remain vulnerable to cloning. As a base for comparison this paper will also describe physical cloning.
Year
DOI
Venue
2013
10.1109/SocialCom.2013.161
SocialCom
Keywords
Field
DocType
possible cloning,popular telecommunication protocol,gsm ota sim cloning,physical cloning attack,universal subscriber identity module,gsm sim,subscriber identity module,telecommunication network,cloning resistance,physical cloning,standard gsm communication,gsm protocol,cloning,cryptographic protocols,gsm
GSM,Cryptographic protocol,Identifier,Computer science,Computer network,Extensible Authentication Protocol,Cloning,Unique identifier,MSISDN,Subscriber identity module,Embedded system
Conference
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
1
0.35
1
Authors
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Jaspreet Singh Suri133729.90
Ron Ruhl25815.34
Dale Lindskog36017.07