9th November 2015 By Kelly Jackson Higgins
Black Hat Europe researchers to demonstrate newly found flaws in 4G mobile that expose privacy and disrupt phone service.
Flaws discovered in the 4G LTE protocols could allow an attacker to pinpoint the physical location of a mobile user and to block a user from placing or receiving voice calls on his mobile device.
Researchers at Black Hat Europe this week will demonstrate location data leaks and denial-of-service attacks they were able to simulate via flaws they found in 4G LTE protocols and equipment. The researchers, from Technische Universitat Berlin and Telekom Innovation Laboratories, University of Helsinki, and Aalto University, say these are the first "practical" attacks against the new generation of mobile networks.
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New 4G LTE Hacks Punch Holes In Privacy
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Here we go again with another problem to solve, the mobile industry will have to step up its security on this issue.
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