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DeepSec 2010: All your baseband are belong to us by Ralf Philipp Weinmann

Sicherheitsforschung · talk · Watch on YouTube

Security & hacking

What it is

A DeepSec 2010 conference talk by Ralf Philipp Weinmann on attacking the baseband processor of mobile phones rather than the application processor. It covers how open-source GSM base stations make malicious-tower attacks practical against neglected GSM stacks.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Cited as the reference for baseband compromise, especially the point that owning the baseband can expose the application processor's memory.

  • 1 people recommended it
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  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2013, last 2014

What HN commenters said

  1. “An interesting presentation on the topic”

    Presentation on attacking phone baseband software

    andr, 2013-12 · Recommendation · in “The NSA Reportedly Has Total Access To The Apple iPhone”

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Topics: gsm, baseband, mobile security, exploitation, deepsec

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