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 Nokia SMS Vulnerability: Curse Of Silence (video)
Nokia SMS Vulnerability: Curse Of Silence (video)
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SMS/MMS Denial of Service - "Curse Of Silence" for Nokia S60 Phones
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. (more) SMS/MMS Denial of Service - "Curse Of Silence" for Nokia ...
  Nokia 6208c pops up on Nokia China’s web site
Nokia 6208c pops up on Nokia China’s web site
unwiredview.com — Nokia 6208c pops up on Nokia China’s web site Fashioned from Nokia’s first touchscreen with a built-in keypad hybrid, the Nokia 6708, the Nokia 6208c is now official on Nokia’s Chinese web site. This handset has been confirmed to be running Nokia’s ... (more) Nokia 6208c pops up on Nokia China’s web site
Nokia 'Curse of Silence' SMS exploit uncovered • The Register
Nokia 'Curse of Silence' SMS exploit uncovered • The Register
theregister.co.uk — Mobile phone security vendors were rejoicing last night when it emerged that an obscure bug in an old version of the Symbian OS could allow an attacker to crash a target's mobile phone with a specially-formatted text message. The attack has been ... (more) Nokia 'Curse of Silence' SMS exploit uncovered • The ...
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Text message can lock out Nokia S60 devices
Electronista | The Macintosh News Network — Text message can lock out Nokia S60 devices [image]

Problema de seguridad en SMSs de Nokia
Celularis — Es bastante preocupante que, de una manera relativamente simple sea posible deshabilitar en un Nokia la posibilidad de recibir SMSs y MMSs. Antes que nada aclaro que la técnica es simple, pero la gente de Nokia y las operadoras ya recibieron estos datos para buscar una solución que, por ahora, es únicamente hacer un “factory reset” Lo ví en Unwired View y los datos completos están en este link, por las dudas… acepten un consejo y traten de no probarlo. ...

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