Omar Chowdhury has returned from The Network and Distributed System Security Symposium (NDSS); below is a selection of news coverage of his collaborative paper entitled "LTEInspector: A Systematic Approach for Adversarial Testing of 4G LTE:"

• NDSS 2018: Automating the Process of Vulnerability Discovery | Internet Society | February, 20 2018: "In his paper [...] Syed Hussain (with co-authors Omar Chowdhury, Shagufta Mehnaz and Elisa Bertino) also employs a model-based testing approach to uncover 10 new attacks against the three fundamental protocol operations of the 4G LTE protocol (attach, detach and paging). [...] As the dependence of modern society on Internet and cellular technologies continues to grow, this kind of work is crucial to help us move beyond the ‘whack-a-mole’ response to security vulnerabilities we’re familiar with."
• New LTE attacks can snoop on messages, track locations and spoof emergency alerts | ZDNet | March 2, 2018
• LTE security flaws could be used for spying, spreading chaos | Ars Technica | March 5, 2018
• New 4G LTE Network Attacks Let Hackers Spy, Track, Spoof and Spam | The Hacker News | March 5, 2018
• New LTE attacks open users to eavesdropping, fake messages, location spoofing | Help Net Security | March 5, 2018
• 4G LTE Attacks Uncovered | Industrial Safety and Security Source | March 5, 2018
• Researchers uncover 4G LTE exploits that can be used to spy, spoof and cause panic | Cyberscoop | March 5, 2018
• 4G LTE pried open to reveal a slew of new protocol-level attacks | The Register | March 5, 2018
• 4G mobile networks are riddled with exploitable security flaws, claim researchers | Computing | March 6, 2018
• Researchers Find that your Cell Phone is Anything but Secure | Koddos | March 7, 2018
• New Attacks Against 4G LTE Mobile Networks Registered | VirusGuides | March 7, 2018
• Security Flaw Spawns 10 New Kinds of 4G LTE Attacks, Researchers Report | Security Intelligence | March 7, 2018
• Critical flaws in 4G LTE protocols leaving mobile devices vulnerable | SC UK | March 9, 2018
• IT beware: University finds new 4G security holes | Computerworld | March 12, 2018
• Attacks on 4G LTE networks could send fake emergency alerts | Purdue University News | March 14, 2018
• 4G LTE vulnerabilities leave users open to attack | IT Governance | March 23, 2018
• The Security of Cellular Connections | New York Times | August 10, 2018

International selection:

• Des failles découvertes dans le protocole 4G/LTE | LMI | March 5, 2018
• Cientistas descobrem falha no 4G que permite espionar e até incriminar usuários | Olhar Digital - Segurança | March 6, 2018
• LTE: Viele Sicherheitslücken, die wohl nie geschlossen werden | areamobile | March 7, 2018
• Moderné LTE siete sú deravé. Hrozí krádež identity aj panika | zive | March 7, 2018
• 4G 网络也不安全！仅1300美元就可搭建一套攻击设备 | EDN | March 7, 2018
• Множественные уязвимости в 4G LTE позволяют следить за абонентами и подделывать данные | xakep.ru | March 7, 2018