It's online now and you can find it
from our
YouTube Channel.
The video highlights the symptoms
experienced on exploited phones; it doesn't show
how to perform the attack. The attacking phone has
been kept off screen. (It isn't difficult to find
the CCC video at this point.)
The "Curse of Silence" was disclosed
to several telecommunications operators about
seven weeks ago and we were brought into the loop
a few weeks later. The timing has been a real pain
in the neck for those of us in the lab. We'd
rather be researching something else or enjoying a
relaxed holiday than dealing with a detection for
an exploit that will mostly likely be used by
jealous boyfriends.
Still, it is a safe
bet that the Curse will be used to harass people,
so support personnel should know what to look
for.
