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Researchers exploit LTE flaws to send 50,000 fake presidential alerts

Researchers managed to cover a 50,000 seat football stadium using only four malicious portable stations. A group of security researchers from the University of Colorado Boulder has published a paper detailing the findings of their latest research revealing that LTE vulnerabilities can help attackers send out fake presidential alerts. To do this, they only need […]

Researchers Find 36 security vulnerabilities in LTE standard

Each new research conducted by experts from the best ethical hacking Institute and specialists from the International Institute of Cyber Security (IICS) shows new security flaws in communication standards such as LTE, used for high-speed data transmission. On this occasion, the investigation has thrown 36 new vulnerabilities in LTE that, if exploited, would allow a […]

LTE and 5G networks could be affected by new vulnerabilities

A group of pentest researchers has demonstrated ability to passively identify session details and perform hijacking, allowing phishing attacks. According to the International Institute of Cyber Security, researchers have found vulnerabilities in LTE standards, which leave users vulnerable to possible attacks, such as determining user identities, determining which websites accessed a particular user and modify DNS traffic, […]

LTE wireless connections used by billions aren’t as secure as we thought

LTE was supposed to fix security and privacy shortcomings—now it’s broken, too. The Long Term Evolution mobile device standard used by billions of people was designed to fix many of the security shortcomings in the predecessor standard known as Global System for Mobile communications. Mutual authentication between end users and base stations and the use […]

LTE (4G) Flaw Allows Attackers To Redirect Browsers And Spy On You

The Long Term Evolution (LTE) standard for mobile communication, also known as 4G was designed to overcome security flaws of its predecessor standards and is used by millions of people across the globe. However, researchers have now uncovered weaknesses in LTE that allows attackers to hijack browsing session which redirects users to malicious websites and spy on their online […]

Top 10 Countries With Highest 4G LTE Speed In The World

Short Bytes: The 4G technology based on the LTE standard has reached most parts of the world. OpenSignal has released the State of LTE report for November 2016. Singapore tops the charts of the top 10 countries with the highest average 4G LTE speed. The State of LTE report for November 2016 has been published […]

Google wants to be your wireless carrier with encrypted connection

For all of you who want to know what currently Google is planning to work on, the answer is “Project Fi”— Now what is it really? What really it has to offer? How it will internet lives? Let’s try to investigate on all your million-dollar questions! Well, Google is planning to be your phone’s carrier […]