Now we all know that having these awesome devices that pretty much run our lives, can be easily breached and our privacy can be compromised. As much as we try to secure our devices, the carriers play a huge factor in being open to a hacker getting into your device. Well hate to break it to anyone on T-Mobile and AT&T networks, which of course are GSM networks, but it looks like we are more vulnerable to someone hacking into your device, giving whoever decides to do it, complete control of ANY smart phone.
This security flaw was revealed during a hacking convention in Berlin where the head of Germany’s Security Research Labs, a Mr. Karsten Nohl, said that the attacks could be taken to an even bigger scale.
[quote]We can do it to hundreds of thousands of phones in a short timeframe. None of the networks protects users very well. Mobile network is by far the weakest part of the mobile ecosystem, even when compared to a lot attacked Android or iOS devices.[/quote]
So pretty much the hacker can send text messages, make phone calls, and pretty much mess with the user’s phone and messaging services. So what can be done? That is up to the carriers, in which Nohl also mentioned that these carriers can fill the security hole by updating their outdated software. Pretty scary stuff, but unfortunately it is what comes with these great devices we carry around with us.
