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...]
NeoSoft: Falling Down on the LTE IMSI Catcher
Updating our take on Switzerland’s NeoSoft since their move on the LTE IMSI Catcher marketplace -- and Swiss regulators’ threat to crack down on export licensing. When we last looked at NeoSoft in July 2015, the Zurich-based maker of GSM, 3G and CDMA IMSI catchers and decryption devices faced significant challenges. With LTE looming as next big thing, many of the world’s … [Read more...]
Oxford Dons Tout WiFi IMSI Catcher Based on Standards Glitch
At a recent BlackHat Europe conference, researchers from Oxford University revealed weaknesses in an IEEE standard that led to development of a WiFi IMSI catcher some say may rival the Harris Stingray or Hailstorm. The new ISS opportunity stems from a vulnerable transport method in the IEEE's 802.1X, the standard for automated mutual authentication on WiFi networks. As Oxford's … [Read more...]
The Staying Power of Septier Mobile Location
Israeli-based Septier is a diversified ISS vendor whose products cover the span of law enforcement requirements: mediation devices for CALEA or ETSI-based law enforcement; data retention of CDRs and IPDRs for metadata; Big Data analytics; and Septier mobile location and interception at both the strategic and tactical levels. Each product can operate as a standalone module for … [Read more...]
Italy’s Innova – King of the GPS Tracking Device
An inside joke of the ISS industry is that Italy has more surveillance companies per square mile than any other nation on earth-- upwards of 200 vendors including recognized brands such as AREA, BEA, Endoacustica, ESIM Global, The Hacking Team, Innova, iPS, RCS and SioS. The punchline: They're really just one company with 200 aliases. Of course that's not true, although given … [Read more...]