2015 has been a year of surprises for the market leaders of lawful malware and Zero Days -- Gamma Group, The Hacking Team and VUPEN -- and smaller players like Netragard. Not all surprises were of the pleasant variety. Start with the February rebuke of Gamma Group by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) for selling FinFisher to “repressive … [Read more...]
Shoot-Out: Top Multi-Play Surveillance Vendors
The following data on Multi-Play Surveillance Vendors is excerpted from our forthcoming book, "Surveillance Industry Buyer's Guide." Which company offers the most versatile array of surveillance technologies -- France's AQSAQAM, Germany's ATIS Uher, India's ClearTrail, China's Sinovatio? What about Pen-Link, Savvius and Verint of the U.S? Is there an advantage in choosing … [Read more...]
Wintego: Catching Criminals and Terrorists Off Guard on Wi-Fi
C5IS reviews Israel’s Wintego, an up-and-coming provider of malware for cracking target devices on Wi-Fi, GSM and ISP networks. For law enforcement and intelligence agents trying to track targets on the move, Wi-Fi networks are often portrayed as the boogeyman. The common theme: Going off-network and onto Wi-Fi in a coffee shop or airport terminal is not just a great way to … [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...]
Surveillance Vendor Reviews: C5IS Nears the Century Mark
In advance of our one-year anniversary, C5IS observes an important milestone: publication of nearly 100 surveillance vendor reviews spanning market leaders -- and a few also-rans -- in the global electronic surveillance industry. Our surveillance vendor reviews cover companies that provide one or more of the following products and services: trusted third party services for … [Read more...]