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Experts found 36 vulnerabilities in the LTE protocol

Security Affairs

The purpose of our study was not to identify failures causing crashes or memory leaks. According to the researchers, the Radio Resource Control (RRC) Connection procedure is not encrypted and an attacker could modify data transferred. ” ~ Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Types of Malware & Best Malware Protection Practices

eSecurity Planet

At its core, malware exploits existing network, device, or user vulnerabilities , posing as little a risk as annoying advertisements to the much more damaging demand for millions of dollars in ransom. Adware, also known as malvertising , is a type of malware that downloads or displays advertisements to the user interface. Backdoors.

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