4G mobile networks are riddled with exploitable security flaws, claim researchers

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Academics identify ten serious 4G security flaws

Security researchers have discovered a string of vulnerabilities affecting the protocols that underpin 4G LTE networks globally. According to a team of academics at Purdue University and the University...

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