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There are rising cybersecurity concerns in the telecommunication sector as hackers intensify their sophistication. The techniques employed by hackers are constantly evolving and so are their tools. Data theft is the end goal for numerous attacks, with hackers seeking predominantly personal data, credentials, and credit card information. Telecom companies are a big target for cyber-attacks because they build, control, and operate critical infrastructure that is widely used to communicate and store large amounts of sensitive data. Hackers often compromise telecommunication systems and attempt to steal users’ information, defraud people and also attack telecom services and infrastructures. Cyber criminals often achieve their aim using different strategies, including the exploitation of vulnerabilities in both software and hardware and other possible loopholes. Given that telecom companies control critical infrastructure, the impact of an attack can be very high and far-reaching, this chapter examines the attack strategies and ethical hacking in telecommunication with a view to help the industry to understand, prepare and defend themselves against existing and potential cyber threats and attacks.
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Onyema, E.M., Dinar, A.E., Ghouali, S., Merabet, B., Merzougui, R., Feham, M. (2022). Cyber Threats, Attack Strategy, and Ethical Hacking in Telecommunications Systems. In: Kaiwartya, O., Kaushik, K., Gupta, S.K., Mishra, A., Kumar, M. (eds) Security and Privacy in Cyberspace. Blockchain Technologies. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-1960-2_2
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