The ability to hack into ethernet fiber cables via evanescent couplers has been a proven interception capability for 10 years at least. In response, the Gemalto Ethernet Encryptor product line offers end-to-end encryption that thwarts a coupler from hacking ethernet in mid-stream. One minor caveat for potential buyers, which often include financial instituions and government … [Read more...]
Penetrating the Hype Over 5G IoT Hacking – and 5G Itself
The audience looked puzzled when Telecom Italia (TI) CTO Giovanni Ferigo veered from his talk on 5G progress into a revelation on his "personal nightmare" - 5G IoT hacking. Press and show came to Mobile World Congress to hear market leaders TI beat the drum the greatest innovation yet in mobility. They were geared up for marketing hooplah. Ferigo delivered on that count, to be … [Read more...]
Mobile Hacking: SS7, SIGTRAN, Diameter Protocols Put Networks at Risk
A "new" U.S. government report finds that SS7, SIGTRAN, Diameter and other protocols put mobile and IP networks at risk to cyber attacks. Why didn't they notice the problem when first revealed in 2008? Call it the Revenge of the CLECs. When the communications industry underwent massive deregulation two decades past - e.g., in the U.S. Telecom Act of 1996 and similar laws in … [Read more...]
How NSA & GCHQ Hacked Gemalto SIM Card Keys By the Billions
Non-malware endpoint attacks drove GCHQ's hack of Gemalto SIM card keys - and these invisible tools remain popular at the CIA and NSA to this day. It was the biggest hack of SIM card keys and mobile networks ever: The joint NSA/GCHQ breach of the Gemalto SIM card empire, cracking the security of billions of mobile phones and scores of mobile networks worldwide. … [Read more...]
Best Mobile Hacking – Gemalto SIM Cards, Diameter and 5G IoT
This week C5IS takes you on a tour - past, present and future - of the best mobile hacking. Coming up in a series of three analyses: the NSA/GCHQ end point, encryption bypass attack on Gemalto SIM Cards; recent revelations that vulnerability of phones using SS7 and SIGTRAN persists as the industry migrates to Diameter protocol; plus the ways hackers plan to attack Internet of … [Read more...]