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Crashing A Nokia Phone Via SMS

Posted by Hemos on from the doesn't-matter-to-me dept.

Atryn writes "An article at the Register reports that a recent Black Hat conference presenter demonstrated how to crash Nokia cell phones using malformed headers in SMS messaging protocols. Though the SIM card can be recovered by moving to a new phone, this is perhaps an interesting preview of security issues as data goes wireless." Of course, when you live in the US, where your wireless services are about eight years behind the curve, this is less of an issue. *grin*

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  1. Worms by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I thought nokia phones already shipped worms out-of-the-box.

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  3. Re:SMS proxy? by Mr_Icon · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's time to code firewalls

    Wireless devices had had this stuff for years, except they're called "concretewalls".

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  4. I can see it now... by A_Non_Moose · · Score: 5, Funny

    "This phone has performed an illegal operation and will be shut down...if the problem persists, please call the vendor"....

    Hahahahahaha...{sniff}....hehehe.

    What is with the Grey screen of death comment being modded as overrated?
    Geez, you'd think you would have to be rated first.

    Maybe that should be submitted as a bug?
    You can't fix the moderators who do that kind of stuff (maybe spayed or neutered) but can you fix the system?

    Oh, well, don't worry, be happy..la la laaa

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