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'SMS of Death' Could Crash Many Mobile Phones

Posted by Soulskill on from the can-we-find-better-names-for-these-things dept.

space_in_your_face writes "Research presented at a conference in Germany last week shows that phones don't even have to be smart to be vulnerable to hackers. Using only Short Message Service (SMS) communications, a pair of security researchers were able to force low-end phones to shut down abruptly and knock them off a cellular network. The trick works for handsets made by Nokia, LG, Samsung, Motorola, Sony Ericsson, and Micromax, a popular Indian cell-phone manufacturer."

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  1. Desired future news: by Even+on+Slashdot+FOE · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Sending the "SMS of Death" has become common practice at theaters in order to finally force people's cell phones to stop ringing.

  2. VoD of the Talk by radl · · Score: 5, Informative

    You can watch the talk over here: http://mirror.fem-net.de/CCC/27C3/mp4-h264-HQ/27c3-4060-en-attacking_mobile_phones.mp4 or download it via torrent: http://mirror.fem-net.de/CCC/27C3/mp4-h264-HQ/27c3-4060-en-attacking_mobile_phones.mp4.torrent

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