The Hacker’s Choice announced a security problem with Vodafone’s Mobile Phone Network.
An attacker can listen to UK Vodafone mobile phone calls.
An attacker can exploit a vulnerability in 3G/UMTS/WCDMA – the latest and most secure mobile phone standard in use today.
The technical details are available at http://wiki.thc.org/vodafone.
The problem lies within Vodafone’s Sure Signal / Femto equipment.
A Femto Cell is a tiny little home router which boosts the 3G Phone signal. It’s available from the Vodafone Store to any customer for 160 GBP.
THC managed to reverse engineer – a process of revealing the secrets – of the equipment. THC is now able to turn this Femto Cell into a full blown 3G/UMTC/WCDMA interception device.
