A plain type of mobile attack: Compromise of user’s privacy through a simple implementation method

Author

Androulidakis, Iosif ; Basios, Chris

Author_Institution

Network Oper. Center, Univ. of Ioannina, Dourouti

fYear

2008

fDate

6-10 Jan. 2008

Firstpage

465

Lastpage

470

Abstract

An easy way to determine the state of a cell phone without the ownerpsilas knowledge is presented in this paper. The described method, combined with a form of patterning mobile userpsilas behavior (in terms of evaluating the mobile phonepsilas state in a tactical way) could lead to privacy compromise revealing his whereabouts. The technical part of the paper is based on the Short Messaging Service and the offered service of Receipt Report, manipulated in such a way as not to reveal any information to the targeted user. In addition, this method can provide known plain texts for an attack on A5.

Keywords

cellular radio; data privacy; electronic messaging; telecommunication security; mobile attack; mobile cell phone; mobile user behavior pattern; receipt report service; short messaging service; user privacy; Cellular phones; Computer architecture; Computer networks; Computer security; Computerized monitoring; GSM; Information security; Message service; Mobile computing; Privacy; DoS; GSM; Mobile; Monitoring; Ping; Privacy; SMS; Security;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Communication Systems Software and Middleware and Workshops, 2008. COMSWARE 2008. 3rd International Conference on

Conference_Location

Bangalore

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1796-4

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-1797-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/COMSWA.2008.4554458

Filename

4554458