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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. swell by hawk · · Score: 1, Redundant
    Just what I need, a crashing phone. I *knew* there was another reason I never bothered with a cell phone.


    Now the *truly* malicious can set out to infect 911 with a virus that attacks the phone of callers . . .


    hawk, who now sees that touch-tone was a slippery slope and should have been stopped

  2. Hey by RJ11 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Being eight years behind the curve has its advantages.....like not being susceptible to this!

    It's like using a KPro for your primary workstation, it's so old that no one will spending a lot of time finding new ways to crack it. And if they do, that's ummm, *really* pathetic.