An approach to analyze security of GSM network

Author

Hadzialic, Mesud ; Skrbic, Mirko ; Huseinovic, Kemal ; Kocan, Irvin ; Musovic, Jasmin ; Hebibovic, Alisa ; Kasumagic, Lamija

Author_Institution

Fac. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of Sarajevo, Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina

fYear

2014

fDate

25-27 Nov. 2014

Firstpage

99

Lastpage

102

Abstract

One of the weaknesses of a GSM network is a lack of two-way authentication. For years, this weakness has been abused using IMSI catcher. However, due to high prices there were no major opportunities for detailed IMSI catcher analysis and for a practical implementation of the IMSI catcher with lower costs and greater availability. Development of a software defined radio has enabled a cheaper implementation. In this paper, the implementation of open-source IMSI catcher using USRP device is presented. Also, it describes security attack based on sending malicious SMS to multiple mobile users.

Keywords

cellular radio; electronic messaging; software radio; telecommunication security; GSM network security; USRP device; global system for mobile communication; international mobile subscriber number; malicious SMS sending; open-source IMSI catcher analysis; security attack; short message service; software defined radio; two-way authentication; universal software radio peripheral; Electronic mail; GSM; Handover; Mobile communication; Security; Software; GSM; IMSI catcher; OpenBTS; USRP;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Telecommunications Forum Telfor (TELFOR), 2014 22nd

Conference_Location

Belgrade

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-6190-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/TELFOR.2014.7034366

Filename

7034366