Monday, October 10, 2005

SMS could harm cell phones

Hackers armed with a moderately sized network of zombie computers theoretically could <A HREF="http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20051006/tc_pcworld/122878">knock out cellular service</A> throughout the U.S., according to security researchers at Pennsylvania State University. By engaging in a little creative hacking, attackers could build up databases of mobile numbers from specific regions and then flood those numbers with unwanted text messages. Attackers could use publicly available Web sites or messaging clients on zombie computers to send the text messages, which could eventually jam up the cellular towers that carriers use to send and receive SMS messages from mobile phones.

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