Say "Cisco" and you automatically evoke visions of the US $49.0 billion network equipment behemoth that has owned the router space almost since the dawn of the Internet. But routers aren't the only market dominated by the giant hardware/software firm named after its native San Francisco. Growing in importance is the market for WiFi equipment such as access points. Here Cisco … [Read more...]
Did MIT MegaMIMO 2.0 Just Advance WiFi Interception?
Flashing across the mobile news world late this month comes word that MIT researchers have developed MegaMIMO 2.0, a set of signal-processing algorithms that triples the speed of WiFi and doubles its range. Designed to optimize spectrum utilization of WiFi in congested areas such as stadiums, concerts and other venues, MegaMIMO 2.0 is being hailed as a major advance that will … [Read more...]
Saab Medav Technologies – Preparing the Way for 5G Blind Mobile Location
As carriers accelerate plans to offer 5G, Saab Medav Technologies GmBH of Uttenreuth, Germany is racing to ready the world's first 5G mobile location capability. The clock is ticking. 5G commercial could arrive sooner than many realize. Verizon, the world's largest operator after China Mobile, plans to pilot 5G mobile as early as 2017, and to that end is working busily with … [Read more...]
Harris IMSI Catchers Still Put the Sting in Mobile Location
The StingRay. This review updates an earlier C5IS analysis of Harris IMSI catchers, still among the most popular active mobile location products. Law enforcement and government intelligence agencies are increasingly more interested in a target's exact location in real time versus tapping into his communications. And yet the use of mobile location data in lawful intercept and … [Read more...]
Mobile Location: Are GSM IMSI Catchers and Companies Like PKI Still Relevant?
IMSI catchers may soon face a triple threat: programmable SIM cards, multi-IMSIs and -- thanks to Kimera Systems advances in AI -- a profusion of connected devices that are as smart as their users. Recently C5IS revisited PKI Electronic Intelligence, a German company we reviewed in 2015 as the "big box" store of mobile location and other surveillance products. At the time … [Read more...]