C5IS reviews “passive” and “active” mobile interception and location capabilities of The Gamma Group. The UK’s Gamma Group has gone to great lengths to distance itself from its most famous product -- FinFisher ethical malware -- even to the point of spinning off the unit as a separate German company, and ostensibly shedding any further involvement with Trojans or Zero Days … [Read more...]
Why Swiss Export Restrictions Won’t Sink NeoSoft
C5IS reviews NeoSoft, a Zurich-based provider of tactical and strategic mobile location and monitoring systems. Switzerland is renowned for its privacy laws -- and as a sanctuary for companies attracted by the country’s laissez-faire attitude toward business. Privacy applies not only to individuals but to the right of companies to conduct their businesses without overly … [Read more...]
Can Polaris Wireless Dislocate Harris IMSI Catchers?
C5IS reviews Polaris Wireless, a provider of innovative RF signature technology challenging the economic status quo of mobile location. As law enforcement agencies look to purchase mobile location equipment, or upgrade systems, one of the first choices that comes to mind is the venerable IMSI catcher. First developed by Germany’s Rohde & Schwarz in 2003, IMSI catchers … [Read more...]
India’s Vehere Takes on The West
Today C5IS focuses on Vehere, a provider of diverse lawful intercept products, as well as spectrum monitoring and cryptanalysis specific to military and national security needs. Founded in Kolkata in 2006, Vehere offers a lawful intercept suite that includes an enriched monitoring center, DPI probes, mobile location solutions, data retention, and capabilities in voice … [Read more...]
Inside the Volcano: Italy’s RCS Labs
Is it pure coincidence or just luck that Italy's RCS Labs, maker of lawful intercept hardware and affiliated solutions, is located just a short drive from The Hacking Team, renowned for its intrusive software, RCS (Remote Control System)? Whatever the case, the result is RCS Labs’ good fortune. Having so much public attention focused on its Milanese colleague frees RCS Labs to … [Read more...]