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Smartphone Hack Highlights More GSM Woes
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Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2011 05:10:14 -0600 (CST)
http://www.darkreading.com/insider-threat/167801100/security/vulnerabilities/229000934/smartphone-hack-highlights-more-gsm-woes.html By Kelly Jackson Higgins Darkreading Jan 19, 2011 ARLINGTON, VA -- Black Hat DC -- A European researcher today showed how bugs he has discovered in the baseband chipset firmware of iPhone and Android smartphones could be exploited to ultimately take control of these devices. Ralf-Philipp Weinmann, a researcher at the University of Luxembourg, was poised here to demonstrate an exploit he created that turns on the auto-answer feature on the affected smartphones and then uses them as remote listening devices. But he was unable to get his demo to run live successfully, in part due to poor cellular reception in the hotel where the conference was held. Despite the demo glitch, security experts say the research marks a new generation of smartphone hacking. "This is extremely significant," says Don Bailey, security consultant with iSec Partners. "Before, you could intercept calls, SMS, and in some cases GPRS [General Packet Radio Service]/EDGE, depending on if you had the requisite hardware." [...] ___________________________________________________________ Tegatai Managed Colocation: Four Provider Blended Tier-1 Bandwidth, Fortinet Universal Threat Management, Natural Disaster Avoidance, Always-On Power Delivery Network, Cisco Switches, SAS 70 Type II Datacenter. Find peace of mind, Defend your Critical Infrastructure. http://www.tegataiphoenix.com/
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