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

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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Android Only

[Anonymous Coward]

"Only Android devices are affected, iOS users are safe"

Ah, Android, is there anything you don't fail at?