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The Future Frontiers of Hacking - UMTS Mobile Phone

Roberto Preatoni

Roberto Preatoni explores the future frontiers of hacking - umts mobile phone at DEF CON 11, examining cellular-security and practical defenses.

Summary

Architecture and Background

Roberto Preatoni - The Future Frontiers of Hacking - UMTS Mobile Phone Platform Web Intrusions: the Best Indicator of the Vulnerable Status of the Internet The Future Frontiers of Hacking - UMTS Mobile Phone Platform Web Intrusions: the Best Indicator of the Vulnerable Status of the Internet * The introduction of the UMTS mobile telephone protocol will be the last frontier for hackers. How will they act? What vulnerable points will be expolited?

Vulnerability Analysis

* How the UMTS technology will pose a treath to our everydays lifes leading to complete loss of privacy. * Web defacements and Internet scams.A sharp overview on trends and tecniques used by web intruders. * Linux or Windows?

Exploitation and Demonstrations

Internet security myths. Zone-H, the Internet * thermometer. * Internet scams are the best indicator of the vulnerable status of the average Internet users.

Remediation and Defensive Strategies

Roberto (36) is the founder of www.zone-h.org, the most updated website defacement/cybercirmes archive. He's also CEO of an international ITsec company active on European and former soviet countries. He has been lecturer in several ITsec security conferences as well as he has been interviewed by several printed and online newspapers/tv when it was the time to talk about cyberwar and cybercrimes. He has been over the time one of the most critic about the implementation of the new mobile phone platforms.

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  • DEF CON
  • Mobile
  • Date: Aug 2007
  • Location: Las Vegas

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