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Originally Posted by qasdfdsaq
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.
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It has at least one module specifically to attack Base Station Controllers. Nothing at RF level.
Playing games with mobile networks over the air is business as usual stuff for these guys when required I imagine.