Different Vulnerabilities of GSM Network

Authors

  • Kunal M. Pattani Asst. Professor, Dept. of E&C, C U Shah College of Engg. & Tech., Wadhwan, Gujarat, India
  • Arjunsinh Parmar P.G.Student, Dept. of E&C, C U Shah College of Engg. & Tech., Wadhwan, Gujarat, India

Keywords:

GSM Vulnerability; Sniffing GSM; RTL-SDR; Kali Linux; GSM attack; Security; Privacy

Abstract

Global System for Mobile communications (GSM) is the most popular telecommunication protocol used in
telecommunication networks. The telecommunications industry uses a combination of 2G (GSM), 3G (UMTS) and 4G
(LTE) systems to access communication worldwide. However telecommunications industry keeps a high percentage of
their deployed infrastructure using GSM technologies. GSM offers worldwide roaming and interconnection with any
available GSM network. GSM subscriptions have the 82.4% percent of the global market of mobile communications
serving more than 4 billion people across the planet. Users are expected to be aware of the possible security threats.
This work highlights weaknesses and issues in the GSM standard, and presents an informed approach to help audit
GSM networks for vulnerabilities.

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Published

2017-04-25

How to Cite

Kunal M. Pattani, & Arjunsinh Parmar. (2017). Different Vulnerabilities of GSM Network. International Journal of Advance Research in Engineering, Science & Technology, 4(4), 12–20. Retrieved from https://ijarest.org/index.php/ijarest/article/view/1030

Issue

Vol. 4 No. 4 (2017): Volume: 04, Issue: 04 - April, 2017.

Section

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