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LTE 4G Networks Put Androids At Risk of Overbilling and Phone Number Spoofing

Posted by samzenpus on from the protect-ya-neck dept.

An anonymous reader writes: Carnegie Mellon University's CERT security vulnerabilities database has issued an alert regarding the current status of LTE (Long-Term Evolution) mobile networks, which are plagued by four vulnerabilities that allow attackers to spoof phone numbers, overbill clients, create DoS (Denial of Service) states on the phone and network, and even obtain free data transfers without being charged. The vulnerabilities were discovered by 8 scientists which documented them in their research.

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  1. Scroogeled again! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Scroogeled again!

  2. Re:Android wins on openness and marketshare by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Long term support, sideloading apps, open market, ability to configure the phone how you want, ability to have the phone operate how you want, ability to use custom ROMs...