Is it possible to spoof cellular data? For example place a transceiver some where and communicate with a cell phone similar to wifi spoofing?
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2That's what Stingray does - so, yes, apparently it is possible– croversOct 27, 2016 at 20:51
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"spoofing" is the wrong term - you need to search for "rogue cell towers" - you will find many hits– schroeder ♦Oct 27, 2016 at 21:01
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yes, it's possible, but for laymen and individual hackers it's too complicted and expensive.– dandavisOct 28, 2016 at 18:58
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@dandavis you can build a rogue tower for ca 400€ + laptop... it requires the ability to install software and follow a detailed guide... It's honestly pretty trivial.– Marcus MüllerApr 12, 2021 at 9:06
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@MarcusMüller: Hackers following a "detailed guide"? You'd also have to keep it powered and secure, ideally high up. Things have changed somewhat in 5 years though, let's call it somewhere between "pretty trivial" and "too complicated"...– dandavisApr 12, 2021 at 18:49
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Is it possible to spoof cellular data? For example place a transceiver some where and communicate with a cell phone similar to wifi spoofing?
As shown by state actors (see: stingray) and attackers around the world:
yes. it is. And it's not even very hard.
In fact, GSM has a very weak sense of providing authentification of the network to the user. So all GSM networks are relatively easy to "spoof".
answered Oct 27, 2016 at 21:25
