[ NNSquad ] Re: 4G and CDMA reportedly hacked at DEFCON

[Dotzero <dotzero@gmail.com>]

On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 1:08 PM, Lauren Weinstein <lauren@vortex.com> wrote:
>
> 4G and CDMA reportedly hacked at DEFCON
>
> http://j.mp/preOv4  (Extreme Tech)
>
>    "For now the only evidence that such an attack occurred is the report
>     of Coderman on the Full Disclosure mailing list. Coderman seems to be
>     a relative veteran of security and open source mailing lists, though,
>     and he says he has attended six DEF CONs. If he's telling the truth,
>     then this attack would represent the first ever man-in-the-middle
>     attacks on two networks that have so far proven to be unhackable. For
>     the ailing and nigh-stillborn CDMA this isn't such a huge issue - but
>     if 4G has fallen, just as AT&T, Sprint, Verizon, and cellular
>     companies around the world begin to plow huge dollars into its roll
>     out, this could be a massive blow."
>

I can confirm attempts against my dumb LG (install apps and register)
on Verizon. I just assumed it was the normal type of stuff that one
sees at defcon (been going since DC7). Even though I'm fairly
confident that the attempts were unsuccessful I had my phone admin do
a clean wipe and restored contacts from a backup. This does not
confirm anything against 4G.