Gaining Root Access On Linux-Based Femtocells

viralMeme writes "According to the Register, 'Security researchers have turned their attention to femtocells, and have discovered that gaining root on the tiny mobile base stations isn't as hard as one might hope.' One of the researchers said, 'After hours of sniffing traffic, changing IP address ranges, guessing passwords and investigating hardware pinouts, we had obtained root access on these Linux-based cellular-based devices, which piqued our curiosity [about] the security implications.' Whoever designed these devices should be sent back to computer school. An authentication device that can be bypassed is a contradiction in terms. Or, as some pen-pusher would put it in a report: an unantipicated security excursion.

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Re:Jedi Mind Trick, actually

[140Mandak262Jamuna]

Verizon's ad campaign featuring an army of tower workers following customers around was hyperbolic. Sorry if you got confused.

The joke's on you pal. All those cell towers use Yagi dipole antennae. They are neither parabolic not hyperbolic.