4G and CDMA Reportedly Hacked At DEFCON

An anonymous reader writes "At the DEFCON 19 hacking conference it seems that a full man-in-the-middle (MITM) attack was successfully launched against all 4G and CDMA transmissions in and around the venue, the Rio Hotel in Las Vegas. This MITM attack enabled hackers to gain permanent kernel-level root access in some Android and PC devices using a rootkit, and non-persistent user space access in others. In both cases, whoever launched this attack on CDMA and 4G devices was able to steal data and monitor conversations. For now the only evidence that such an attack occurred is a Full Disclosure mailing list post, but in the next few hours and days, depending on the response from cellular carriers, we should know whether it's real or not."

Comments

And they said I was crazy

[ArhcAngel]

for sticking with my RAZR! BWAHAHAHAH...

Re:Can you hear me now!?

[Anonymous Coward]

What good is encryption when they just hand it over to the government:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/aug/08/london-riots-blackberry-messenger-looting

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-08-30/rim-averts-india-blackberry-ban-as-government-tests-security-modification.html

At least the hack above requires them to do something...

Re:If you give a mouse a cookie...

[Oswald McWeany]

Decomposing plastic has no odor.