Researchers will show how they were able to spoof SMS messages and falsify signaling data. They say they plan to release SMS hacking tools and will demonstrate an iPhone-based application. The research details security flaws in the way some mobile networks communicate with the devices on the network. It’s not clear how dangerous such an SMS-based attack could be, but carriers use SMS to send basic configuration to the phones. In theory, an attacker might be able to use this technique to redirect a phone’s Web browser to a malicious server.”]
Source: https://www.csoonline.com/article/2124199/some-sms-networks-vulnerable-to-attack.html