Hacking Mobile Phones [Paperback]

Ankit Fadia (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1598631063 | ISBN-13: 978-1598631067 | Publication Date: December 7, 2005 | Edition: 1

The mobile phone is the most successful digital device on the planet and has revolutionized the way we lead our lives. Mobile phones have become a useful and indispensable part of modern life but with them have brought a combination of safety, security, and privacy fears. "Hacking Mobile Phones," is the first book to tackle this growing concern and hot technology topic. Written for anyone who wants to educate and prepare themselves against a growing number of mobile phone security threats, the book will appeal to both a hardcore technical audience as well as those who just want to know how to protect their mobile phone. The book provides comprehensive coverage of the most common and dangerous mobile phone related security threats and reveals the tools, techniques, and methods that criminals use to break into mobile phones. Written in an approachable style, the book features Real-life case studies, numerous examples, graphics, tips, and a quick reference appendix that make understanding the technical concepts presented easy.

Product Details

• Paperback: 248 pages
• Publisher: Course Technology PTR; 1 edition (December 7, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1598631063
• ISBN-13: 978-1598631067
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.4 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #763,626 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #97 in Books > Computers & Technology > Networking > Telephony

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6 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars says nothing but the obvious, December 9, 2006

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Abhinav Vaid "Abhinav Vaid" (India) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hacking Mobile Phones (Paperback)

1. Pathetic and wrong information.
2. Just the last page talks about GSM/CDMA stuff, leaving the core (vary basic functionality). Interesting part is that there have been tonnes of references towards finding IMEI numbering which is not applicable in the case of CDMA based handsets. Even that has not been clarified. So if I did not know it, I would still be continuing using *#06# in CDMA handsets, Oh !!!
4. There are no probabilities in Security, either that is high state or low, leaving absolutely no scope to go to tri-state mode.
5. No mention of intented audiences: Frankly speaking for technical people, its totally dump.
6. The author has used the word "basically" in every other sentence and overall usage has gone in thousands.

17 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars chemicalb4n3ed, April 13, 2006

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chemical burned dc (dubai,uae) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hacking Mobile Phones (Paperback)

mr ankt fadia back again wid some more cut n paste tutorials n once again has he convinced the publisher to have his book published wat a joke.dis 17 yr ol button clicking script kiddie hacker aka security guru needs to stop copying garbage tutorials n then claim that their his own .wat a fake b$$$$$d,so is ankit fadia really the great hacker who he claims to be heres a quote from the l33t hacker EMPORER of the (IHC)

"Ankit fadia.ethical hacker? neither is he ethical nor is he a hacker !!!1 yr ago he begged and bragged to a Indian hacker
about his fake VSNL hacking skill !!its another matter , he was kicked out..lol" <<<<<irc

i have nothing else to say this guy except dat dis guy is a total reject a loser
now for the fun part
VULNERABILITIES BY ANKIT FADIA = 0
BUGTRAQ ID'S BY ANKIT FADIA = 0
HACKING/ SECURITY TOOL BY ANKIT FADIA = 0
SOFTWARE / CRYPTOGRAPHY PATENTS BY ANKIT FADIA = 0
ALGORYTHMS BY ANKIT FADIA = 0
ANY OFFICIAL CITATION BY FBI/CIA/CBI FOR ANKIT = 0
ANY CONFIRMATION OF HIS SELF-CLAIMS = 0
ANY CONFIRMATION OF HIM DECRYPTING OSAMA MSG = 0
ANY TECHNICAL TUTORIAL OR BOOK BY ANKIT FADIA = 0
ANY ORGINALITY IN ANKITS TUTORIALS OR BOOKS = 0
SKILL LEVEL OF ANKIT FADIA = -0
PLAGIARIZED BOOKS BY ANKIT FADIA & INDIAN PUBLISHER =
1 OR 2 OR 3, THE F***er CO=AUTHORED SOME BOOK AND SAYS
ITS HIS AT FEW PLACES HE'S A moron.

newayz dats it peace to the real,Shoutouts EMPORER,c0bRA,nirvana
R00t access
ps:amazon customers dun waste ya hard earned money on dis crap.keep looking im sure ull find better books in the market but dun buy this one.

6 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Getting the Most out of Your Phone, and Keeping it Secret, January 22, 2006

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John Matlock "Gunny" (Winnemucca, NV) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hacking Mobile Phones (Paperback)

We are accustomed to thinking of a telephone as a private device that we talk into and the voice comes out of the other end. Most people fail to realize that a mobile or cell phone is really a radio. When we talk, we are really transmitting what we say to a radio receiver somewhere. What we send out into the air, someone else can receive, someone who we just might not want to hear what we are saying. Also most people think of a cell phone as a telephone. But down inside, it is really a fairly powerful computer. Further, it is a computer that, by definition is connected to a communications medium.

All this means that cell phone security is a growing problem. Just like with any other computer connected to a phone line:

1. your phone is susceptible to being broken into and any information stored there stolen;

2. your phone is susceptible to viruses, trojans and all the other bad software that people might want to put on it;

3. your phone has built in features that the manufacturer keeps secret for its own use by service personnel and the like.

This book covers these areas in a casually written lively style. The book is broken down into two major sections. First is a general description area that is applicable to virtually all phones. Then there is a manufacturer by manufacturer breakdown of phones giving special points about each of them.