C5IS looks into GPS/GNSS jammers and new ADA GNSS Anti-Jamming System by Israel Aerospace Industries. A ingenuous tool that can defeat any IMSI catcher has hit the market, threatening to undermine law enforcement’s ability to track and intercept any mobile device - and turning their high-end Harris Hailstorms and Rayzone Piranhas into bread boxes. The new technology is … [Read more...]
Netronome – The Power Behind Blue Coat and SS8
C5IS reviews Netronome, a provider of advanced software and hardware solutions for lawful intercept and SSL decryption. One of the common secrets of the ISS industry is that the technical geniuses behind ISS innovation often act as silent partners and suppliers for the big name brand” in surveillance. Such is the case with California-based Netronome, which for … [Read more...]
Will Fixed Wireless 5G and Low Orbit Satellite Redefine ISS?
Fixed Wireless 5G and gigabit Internet via low orbit satellite could up-end fiber optics - and redefine today's ISS industry. With Google rolling out fiber-to-the-premises (FTTP), Verizon acquiring XO Communications to flesh out its local fiber connectivity, and 99 percent of international traffic carried by undersea fiber cables, fiber optic networking would appear to enjoy … [Read more...]
Rayzone and Harris: IMSI Catchers Stumped by e-SIM and Multi-IMSI Phones?
When mobile handset makers and operators move to multi-IMSI SIM cards, some say IMSI catchers by Harris and Rayzone will hit a wall. Our take: Mobile location detection by IMSI catcher - or other means - will live on. Imagine a scenario where the old fixed Subscriber Identification Module (SIM) card is dead & gone and each mobile device now has a multi-IMSI SIM card, or … [Read more...]
Google and Glimmerglass – 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Google's ramp-up in investment in undersea fiber optics is in the vanguard of content providers' bid for greater control of international communications — and will bring them face-to-face with the market leader in photonic switching and tapping, Glimmerglass Networks. Recall Google Corp's outrage over the 2013 Edward Snowden revelation that the NSA had effectively tapped all … [Read more...]