CAPEC Definitions / CAPEC-605
CAPEC-605: Cellular Jamming
In this attack scenario, the attacker actively transmits signals to overpower and disrupt the communication between a cellular user device and a cell tower. Several existing techniques are known in the open literature for this attack for 2G, 3G, and 4G LTE cellular technology. For example, some attacks target cell towers by overwhelming them with false status messages, while others introduce high levels of noise on signaling channels.
Extended Description
No Extended Description.
Mitigations
Mitigating this attack requires countermeasures employed on both the retransmission device as well as on the cell tower. Therefore, any system that relies on existing commercial cell towards will likely be vulnerable to this attack. By using a private cellular LTE network (i.e., a custom cell tower), jamming countermeasures could be developed and employed.
Relationships with other CAPECs
CAPEC-601: Jamming
Prerequisites
Lack of anti-jam features in cellular technology (2G, 3G, 4G, LTE)
Related Weaknesses
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