Hackers crack femtocells to pwn then clone phones

Security researchers have warned against the industry’s use of femtocells after successfully hacking into two popular models of femtocell, allowing them to intercept voice and SMS information from nearby mobile devices.

The exploit was detailed by iSEC Partners at the Black Hat conference in Vegas after being revealed earlier in July, and affects two femtocells used by Verizon and one repackaged Verizon box put out by Sprint which have already been remotely patched.