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qasdfdsaq · 25-11-2014, 18:25

I'm always surprised how little publicity GSM's vulnerabilities get given how easily they can be 'done', it was possible on my consumer laptop ten years ago.

By the sounds of things though this malware doesn't actually do any RF level tapping into GSM networks, it just happens that some of the target organizations have been operators, the networks themselves don't tend to run on vulnerable x86 systems to begin with.

25-11-2014, 18:25	#2
qasdfdsaq cf.mega poster Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 11,207	Re: Regin - malware (probably) by GCHQ, maybe in co-operation with the NSA I'm always surprised how little publicity GSM's vulnerabilities get given how easily they can be 'done', it was possible on my consumer laptop ten years ago. By the sounds of things though this malware doesn't actually do any RF level tapping into GSM networks, it just happens that some of the target organizations have been operators, the networks themselves don't tend to run on vulnerable x86 systems to begin with.