FREAK vulnerability, a sleeper for nearly a decade, serves as a reminder that widespread IT security weakness remains an unaddressed crisis-in-the-making. One day after the epic outage of the New York Stock Exchange, the crash of United Airlines computer systems and similar problems at The Wall Street Journal, the trio of incidents has moved out of the front page and off … [Read more...]
SnapTrends & Chenega: Offshore Growth May Not Be a “Snap”
C5IS reviews the partnership of SnapTrends and Chenega: location-based social media monitoring that vies for “pre-crime” Awareness. Is the world of “pre-crime” capability a real-life possibility, empowering law enforcement and government agencies to neutralize potential targets and threats before-the-fact? To hear SnapTrends tell it, that day is here with their help. … [Read more...]
Pen-Link: Surveillance Wizard of Lincoln
C5IS reviews Pen-Link, one of the oldest U.S. lawful intercept providers, and among the first to develop analytics software -- now for a global market. Mention “Wizard of Omaha,” and everyone knows you mean Warren Buffett, the genius who redefined investing, became one of the world’s wealthiest men, yet remains noted for his unassuming manner. Just a few miles away in … [Read more...]
Rayzone: Piranha LTE IMSI Catcher
C5IS reviews the Rayzone Piranha IMSI Catcher for 2G, 3G and LTE -- the latest addition to Rayzone's "Intelligence Matrix." With the mobile world advancing to LTE, the standard line from IMSI catcher providers is “we’ve got that covered.” That can mean one of two things: Either they rely on jamming the target’s LTE signal and forcing him into 2G circuit-switched fallback … [Read more...]
Not Just Talk: AGNITiO Voice Biometrics for Multi-Factor Authentication
C5IS revisits AGNITiO, a market leader in voice biometrics for law enforcement and government surveillance, with a big voice in multi-factor authentication. A year after our review of AGNITiO, the Madrid-based company remains undisputed leader in voice biometrics for electronic surveillance, targeted intercept and forensics evidence. AGNITiO-branded voice biometric systems … [Read more...]