Based in Ashdod, ELTA Systems, a subsidiary of Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), is one of Israel’s foremost electronic warfare and intelligence companies -- many would say the undisputed leader in advanced radar sensor technologies used in the air, on the ground and at sea. The company’s Tac4G system, in combination with data from ELTA’s Black Granite tactical radar data, … [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...]
Protocol and Chipset Issues Leave LTE Vulnerable to IMSI Catchers
In our reviews of the Rayzone Piranha and Harris Hailstorm, C5IS describes the network complexities of LTE conquered by next generation IMSI catchers. Just as important as the network, however, are protocol and device chipset vulnerabilities that leave LTE a fairly easy target for monitoring, interception, jamming and DoS attacks. Security weaknesses in Long Term Evolution … [Read more...]
Deciphering the Harris Hailstorm IMSI Catcher: All About LTE
In the nearly five years since Harris Corporation launched its latest model of IMSI catcher, Hailstorm, the general consensus on the product remains “no consensus” -- a remarkable achievement in “keeping the lid on” a surveillance technology of any kind. To this day, descriptions of Hailstorm are so scattered and opaque that even the most astute ISS professional could be … [Read more...]
Rayzone InterApp for Wi-Fi Interception: Wintego Lookalike?
When the Rayzone InterApp Wi-Fi “cloud and app” interception product debuted at Paris Milipol in late November, it was hailed as a game-changing innovation in tactical mobile interception. InterApp can pull any data off a smartphone linked to a public Wi-Fi network, including a target’s email, texts, images, files, IMEI and MAC address -- and track & identify hundreds of … [Read more...]