Another Report Highlights How Wireless SS7 Flaw Is Putting Everyone's Privacy...
Last year, hackers and security researchers highlighted long-standing vulnerabilities in Signaling System 7 (SS7, or Common Channel Signalling System 7 in the US), a series of protocols first built in...
View ArticleSS7 Cellular Network Flaw Nobody Wants To Fix Now Being Exploited To Drain...
Back in 2017, you might recall how hackers and security researchers highlighted long-standing vulnerabilities in Signaling System 7 (SS7, or Common Channel Signalling System 7 in the US), a series of...
View ArticleHackers Have Been Stealing User Data From Global Cell Networks Since 2012
We’ve noted for a long time that the wireless industry is prone to being fairly lax on security and consumer privacy. One example is the recent rabbit hole of a scandal related to the industry’s...
View ArticleImpeachment Hearings Highlight More Trump Phone OPSEC Failures
Plenty has been made of the President’s unwillingness to adhere to anything close to reasonable security when using his mobile phones. Whereas the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) and the...
View ArticleSaudi Arabia Exploiting Wireless SS7 Flaw to Track Targets In The United States
In 2017, hackers and security researchers highlighted long-standing vulnerabilities in Signaling System 7 (SS7, or Common Channel Signalling System 7 in the US), a series of protocols first built in...
View ArticleA Major Wireless Network Flaw Is Still Being Exploited To Track User Locations
In 2017, hackers and security researchers highlighted long-standing vulnerabilities in Signaling System 7 (SS7, or Common Channel Signalling System 7 in the US), a series of protocols first built in...
View ArticleCompany That Handles Billions Of Text Messages Quietly Admits It Was Hacked...
We’ve noted for a long time that the wireless industry is prone to being fairly lax on security and consumer privacy. One example is the recent rabbit hole of a scandal related to the industry’s...
View ArticleNew Report Again Shows Global Telecom Networks Aren't Remotely Secure
Last year, when everybody was freaking out over TikTok, we noted that TikTok was likely the least of the internet’s security and privacy issues. In part because TikTok wasn’t doing anything that...
View ArticleU.S. ISPs That Ripped Out Huawei Gear After Promise Of FCC Funding Now...
You might recall that the FCC under both Trump and Biden has made a big deal about forcing U.S. telecoms to rip out Huawei gear from their networks, under the allegation that the gear is used to spy on...
View ArticleSenator Wyden Reminds White House Feckless Regulators Have Resulted In...
While countless lawmakers looking to get on cable TV spent much of the last few years freaking out about TikTok privacy issues, none of those same folks seem bothered by the parade of nasty...
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