Security, Fraud and Hacking of GSM, UMTS and LTE Networks

Course description

This is a course about Security, Fraud and Hacking of GSM, UMTS and LTE Networks that targets Core Network engineers with interest for network security issues.

Target audience

The course targets Core Network engineers with responsible for network security issues

2 days

1.900 €

WM0114-A

Content

INTRODUCTION TO INFORMATION SECURITY
  • Security areas, security technologies
  • Public and private cryptography
  • Digital certificates
 
MOBILE NETWORKS SECURITY ASPECTS
  • Major mobile networks vulnerabilities
  • Security in 1G and 2G networks
 
SECURITY MODEL OF GSM
  • Authentication
  • Ciphering
  • Equipment verification
  • Subscriber identity confidentiality 
 
FLAWS IN GSM SECURITY
  • Kerckhoffs’s Assumption
  • The role of cryptographic key length
  • The history of GSM security attacks
 
HACKING IN GSM – SIM CARD CLONING
  • The concept of a card clone and its consequences
  • SIM card attacks – challenge attack, side channel attack, over-the-air attack
  • SIM card cloning – network countermeasuresconsiderations on transport network implementations
 
POSSIBLE METHODS OF INFORMATION INTERCEPTION
  • Cracking the A5 algorithm
  • Accessing the signalling network
 
IMPROVEMENTS IN GSM SECURITY
  • Authentication New A3/A8 algorithms
  • New A5 algorithm
  • End-to-end encryption
 
SECURITY OF SHORT MESSAGE SERVICE, SMS
  • SMS Transmission Characteristics
  • SMS message classes: ordinary, flash, ping
  • Security of ordinary SMS
  • SAT messages
 
FRAUD IN MOBILE NETWORKS
  • The definition of telecom fraud
  • Common Mobile Fraud Types
  • Influence of roaming on mobile fraud figures
  • Premium rate service fraud
 
SECURITY IN UMTS
  • Security threats in UMTS
  • UMTS security model
  • Comparison of GSM and UMTS security
  • Lawful interception
 
SECURITY IN LTE
  • LTE security model
  • Hierarchy of security keys in LTE
 
SECURITY OF THE TRANSPORT NETWORK
  • The concept of the Security Gateway
  • IPSec and its procedures

2 days

1.900 €

WM0114-A