“Curse of Silence” Kills All Inbound SMS/MMS on Nokia S60

Chaos Communication Congress with the help of an employee Tobias Engel has made known a new exploit on the Nokia S60; this “cursed” exploit will make any Nokia S60 device running versions 2.6, 2.8, 3.0, or 3.1 indefinitely stop receiving SMS and MMS messages. This new found exploit has been named the “Curse of Silence” and it’s been verified by F-Secure. What this barrier between your phone and SMS/MMS messages does is it starts by sending an SMS that begins with an email address that contains over 32 characters. Whoever commences the attack must also change the protocol identifier to internet electronic mail before sending.

The only way to fix this exploit once an attacker has sent it to your phone is by factory reset. This isn’t your average attack or software mishap on your cell phone, however, if you have any enemies in the tech community you might want to be a bit weary if your S60 device stops receiving messages out of nowhere one day.

"Curse of Silence" Kills All Inbound SMS/MMS on Nokia S60

source Engadget Mobile