Protect Android from a HACK!!!

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If you’ve seen “fake AV” pop-ups while surfing the web, then that’s a good reason to believe that this is actually a man-in-the-middle attack. Once a backdoor is installed like rootkit, it’s simply a matter of connecting to the exploited device via SSH. Yeah the same ssh you use to connect to remote linux host. Coderman at DEF Conf confessed that attackers could also monitor conversations, which suggests that not only can packets be injected, but they can also be sniffed and decoded in real-time.


This hack is belived to be still in very early days. Hacker only posted his findings to the mailing list a few hours after the DEF con — but if we are waiting for some more activity on the mailing lists or a reaction from a cellular carrier with an interest in 4G. It’s also worth pointing out that we don’t know which version of 4G has been hacked. HSDPA, WiMAX, and LTE all use different transport layers and security methods, and the repercussions will depend on which one has fallen.

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