EUROPE : Circles' 'mobile phone' company intercepts 3G

CHINA 24/10/2018

Low cost mobiles made stealthy to prevent interception

Chinese manufacturers are now selling mobile phones that can foil IMSI catchers by modifying their identification codes. [...]

INDIA 18/09/2018

Kaitiaki invents cheap way to hack into 4G communications

Researchers at India's Kaitiaki Labs have developed an attack that cuts access to the 4G network to facilitate interception. [...]

ISRAEL 23/08/2017

NSO chiefs' Founders Group invests in cybersecurity firms

The founders of NSO, the Israeli spyware leader, are also angel investors in startup computer security firms. [...]

ISRAEL 07/06/2017

Latin America new El Dorado for cyber intelligence companies

Israeli companies specialising in Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) are picking up a raft of contracts in the region, but they have had mishaps too. [...]

HUNGARY NORWAY 07/06/2017

4G interception soon available to all hackers

Researchers have developed low-cost methods for intercepting mobile IMSI numbers in what promises to be a first step towards call interception [...]

UNITED STATES ISRAEL Document 04/05/2017

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Donald Trump's former intelligence chief Mike Flynn advised Israeli spyware company NSO

After a short-lifted career as Donald Trump's National Security Advisor, Michael T. Flynn was placed under formal investigation by the [...]

UNITED KINGDOM 09/11/2016

Fake Wi-Fi hotspot replaces IMSI catcher

Researchers have invented a false Wi-Fi hotspot that can extract IMSI numbers from a telephone which can then be intercepted. The method dispenses with the need for an IMSI catcher. [...]

UNITED STATES 27/07/2016

CCC hackers target Iridium sat-phones

Like the intelligence community, the well-known German hackers club CCC has found a way to intercept sat-phones. [...]

FRANCE 27/07/2016

Nexa closes in on Circles

Nexa Technologies, the French electronic interception firm headed by Stephane [...]

ISRAEL EUROPE 03/02/2016

Vaulto offers protection from false mobile phone companies

Solutions are being found to deal with hackers exploiting the weaknesses in the SS7 inter-operator network. [...]

EUROPE 20/01/2016

Private 4G networks for war zones and VIPs

Private security companies, expeditionary forces and publicity shy celebrities can now deploy their own 4G mobile network. [...]

FRANCE MIDDLE EAST 02/12/2015

3SI, Gulf secure 3G networks

Strategic Security Systems International, (3SI), which is based in Paris, Dubai and Abu Dhabi, is looking to gain a foothold [...]

UNITED STATES EUROPE 04/11/2015

New techniques to geolocate 4G phones

Researchers have recently revealed how 4G mobile telephones can be geolocated without the help of the mobile network operators. [...]

ASIAUNITED STATES EUROPE 27/05/2015

SensePost unmasks anonymous smartphones

Mobile telephones' Wi-Fi signals give away their owners' movements - and even their identity. [...]

AUSTRIA GERMANY 14/01/2015

Researchers catch IMSI-Catchers

It is now possible to detect GSM interceptors, although the latter are increasingly discreet. [...]

UNITED STATES 24/12/2014

Nano-satellites, the future of interception

While miniature satellites have not made their mark in imagery, they look set to revolutionise electromagnetic intelligence. [...]

GERMANY ISRAEL 17/09/2014

GSM networks fend off interception

Researchers have designed software that can detect the interception of GSM calls. [...]

CHINA 19/03/2014

Shenzhen makes push into GSM interception market

A Chinese outfit is hoping to export interception materiel made in cut-price Shenzhen but marketed by a British front company. [...]

FRANCE 20/11/2013

Protecting government phones from NSA

In the wake of the Snowden affair a handful of French tech companies are working on telephone and text message security. [...]

EUROPE 06/11/2013

Spying on neighbours' phones with digital TV receiver

Hackers have worked out how to turn a €20 digital TV receiver into a mobile telephone interception device. [...]

CHINA 23/10/2013

Chinese players put ear to ground internationally

Private and state-owned Chinese groups are taking on the West in interception. [...]

UNITED STATES 04/07/2012

Geolocation of GSM on an industrial scale

It is now possible to precisely track the whereabouts of a large number of portable telephones simultaneously. [...]

GERMANY 19/01/2011

Affordable GSM interception for all

Researchers Karsten Nohl and Sylvain Munaut demonstrated at the Chaos [...]

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Circles' 'mobile phone' company intercepts 3G

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