A mail service onthe Full Disclosure mailing listclaims both CDMA and 4 grand WiMAX wireless networks were compromise using a adult male - in - the middle attack at Defcon sooner this week .
Coderman , who posted the data , was a witness to the attack which gained access to Android smartphones and PCs on the local CDMA and 4 G cellular internet . The hackers started with simple exploits , like see for twist with superuser access and send remote notifications that open up a back door to the twist . They then used more complex techniques until a equipment was compromised .
The end of the attack was a mass percolation of devices and the interception of data point on commercial commissioned bands . According to Coderman , this end was achieved .
There ’s mess of hypothesis about how this hack was pull up off , but the mathematical group behind it has not released any details . Until someone comes frontwards with more information , we ca n’t assess the serious-mindedness of this attack , nor hypothesise whether it would work outside the conference . [ Full DisclosureviaSlashDotandReddit ; Shutterstock / Bart_J ]
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