2012-10-04

4G LTE could spur DDoS, mobile data theft

According to Michela Menting, cybersecurity senior analyst at ABI Research, hackers can leverage the high speed and increased data capacity of LTE networks, and fast processing capabilities of smartphones to perpetuate DDoS attacks.

While femtocells are popular among operators because they are a less expensive alternative to upgrade, they also require the exposure of public IP addresses of security gateways to enable communication between the end-user device and the core network, she noted. An increase in femtocell deployment could lead to more exposure to IP-based threats such as denial-of-service attacks, she said.

//zdnet.com

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