How to hack USB modems using sms!

Question

Hopefully a certain big telco is not going to hire hackers and undermine those giving it headache on price wars.

http://thehackernews.com/2013/08/vulnerability-in-usb-internet-modems.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+TheHackersNews+(The+Hackers+News+-+Security+Blog)&_m=3n.009a.309.rj0ao03zvn.6qw&m=1

Comments

Correct me if I'm wrong, but wouldn't the hacker require you to know the mobile number of the sim card that will be plugged into the modem?

Answer 1

Great tip and info. Hope this MNO that is only sending notifications to its Users through SMS takes heed.