Rumors continue to crop up about ZTE's alleged sale of U.S. surveillance products to Iran, a deal involving some of the biggest names in American technology -- Microsoft, Cisco, Juniper Networks, Oracle, Symantec and Hewlett Packard. The controversial sale hails all the way back to 2011 but was only disclosed this year when Reuters leaked word of an investigation by the FBI and … [Read more...]
Are the Days Numbered for IMSI Catchers?
Bad news for the “StingRay.” Effective Sept. 3 the U.S. Department of Justice requires federal law enforcement to obtain a search warrant before deploying a “cell-site simulator” -- DoJ jargon for IMSI catchers like the popular Harris StingRay. Other rules mandate daily deletion of all intercepted data, and forbid interception of content. Immediately impacted: all federal … [Read more...]
What the Ability-Cambridge Capital Merger Means: A Hook in the StingRay
Yesterday Ability, an Israeli-based provider of mobile location/interception solutions -- primarily IMSI catchers -- merged with Cambridge Capital Acquisition Corporation (CCAC) for US $192 million in stock and cash. As merger announcements go, this one was unusual in several respects: ● The mergers follows -- by one week -- the announcement of the U.S. Department of … [Read more...]
Persistent Systems: Mobile Location for Lawful Intercept
C5IS reviews Persistent Systems, a provider of mobile location products for lawful intercept -- plus Big Data analytics apps for text and social media. Is traditional mobile location still relevant in the era of the IMSI catcher? India’s Persistent Systems thinks so. The US $300 million revenue diversified maker of software platforms and devices has long made a significant … [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...]