Doubts raised over Simjacker security flaw

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Simjacker exploit takes advantage of a legacy feature of the SIM card, according to researchers, that most telcos don't use

Doubts have been raised over the risk posed by the Simjacker vulnerability that was first disclosed last week.  The SIM-based security vulnerability was recently discovered by the researchers at...

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