'SMS of Death' Could Crash Many Mobile Phones

space_in_your_face writes "Research presented at a conference in Germany last week shows that phones don't even have to be smart to be vulnerable to hackers. Using only Short Message Service (SMS) communications, a pair of security researchers were able to force low-end phones to shut down abruptly and knock them off a cellular network. The trick works for handsets made by Nokia, LG, Samsung, Motorola, Sony Ericsson, and Micromax, a popular Indian cell-phone manufacturer."

Ahhhhhhhhh

[Jimpqfly]

Peace, at last !
No more stupid ring tones, no more boss (or wife) calls...
GREAT !

Re:So ...

[kenrblan]

You might need to define vicinity. One option is to send the programmatically SMS of death to every possible combination of mobile phone numbers within you area code. That might hit a few that have roamed outside your area, but would largely accomplish your task.

No surprises

[rsilvergun]

I had a cheap Virgin Mobile, and if you looked at it funny it would crash.

Re:Ahhhhhhhhh

[Anonymous Coward]

Peace, at last !

No more stupid ring tones, no more boss (or wife) calls...

GREAT !

Hello quiet my old friend.
Within the SMS of silence.

SMS Content?

[salmosri]

Anyone know what to put in the message? Just for research purposes....