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SMS/MMS Denial of Service - "Curse Of Silence" for Nokia S60 Phones (flag)
berlin.ccc.de — Medium (for S60 2.8 and 3.1 devices): Target will not be able to receive any SMS or MMS messages while the attack is ongoing. After that, only very limited message receiving is possible until the device is Factory Resetted.

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'Curse of Silence' exploit squelches inbound SMS/MMS to Nokia S60 devices
Engadget — ... Here's an odd one for you. Tobias Engel of the Chaos Communication Congress has discovered a rather nasty exploit that'll cause any Nokia S60 devices running versions 2.6, 2.8, 3.0 or 3.1 to stop receiving SMS and MMS messages. The "Curse of Silence," which has been ...

Problema de seguridad en SMSs de Nokia
Celularis — ... y los datos completos están en este link, por las dudas… acepten un consejo y traten de no probarlo. ...

'Curse of Silence' Attack Can Disable Texting On Most Nokia Phones [Security]
Gizmodo — ... phones running S60 versions 2.6-3.1, which covers a huge swatch of Nokia's product line. Tobias Engel and the Chaos Computer club, who found the bug, released the details to Nokia a few weeks before passing them on to the public, but as of yet there is no official fix, though our tipster says this third-party program does the trick. Check below for a list of affected phones, and have a look over at the Register for a slightly more in-depth description of the exploit. [Tobias Engel—Thanks, Pauli] S60 3rd Edition, Feature Pack 1 ...

Bug: “Curse of Silence” Hits Nokia S60 Phones
The Nokia Phone Blog — ... Nokia E50 Nokia N93i Nokia N93 Nokia N92 Nokia N91 8GB Nokia N91 Nokia N80 Nokia N77 Nokia N73 Nokia N71 Nokia 5500 Nokia 3250 S60 2nd Edition, Feature Pack 3 (S60 2.8): Nokia N90 Nokia N72 Nokia N70 S60 2nd Edition, Feature Pack 2 (S60 2.6): Nokia 6682 Nokia 6681 Nokia 6680 Nokia 6630 Check out his page for the whole scoop, including an in-depth look at the vulnerability: Curse of Silence Advisory

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Curse Of Silence Exploit On Nokia S60 Phones — Ubergizmo
There has been a serious vulnerability that has been discovered on Nokia S60 phones that actually blocks all incoming messages, be it SMS or MMS. This is touted to be a "Remote SMS/MMS Denial of Service" and has also been dubbed the Curse of Silence. This exploit can be carried out simply by ...