Tag: IMSI-catcher
This IMSI-Catcher Video Will Scare You
The marketing of IMSI-catchers demonstrates a desire to sell them to bad actors. It also shows why governments should be doing more to prevent sales of equipment used by criminals.
Bangkok Police Arrest HK Smishing Scammers Carrying an IMSI-Catcher Backpack through Shopping Malls
The Hong Kongers had entered Thailand just nine days earlier, and had been staying in a nearby hotel.
Chinese Arms Dealer Sold IMSI-Catchers for Huge Paris Drive-by Smishing Scam
A Chinese citizen jailed in France said the export of radio devices used to send scam SMS messages occurs with the consent of Chinese political leaders.
Flying IMSI-Catchers: How Drone Warfare Is Hijacking Mobile Comms
Russia is reportedly upgrading unmanned aerial vehicles that locate targets by connecting to mobile phones.
3 Years in Prison for Fraudster Who Drove SMS-Blasting IMSI-Catcher around Norway
A 25 year old Malaysian sent smishing messages that impersonated three Norwegian banks.
Thousands Tricked Into Revealing Banking Details by Smishing IMSI-Catcher Driven around Norway
The IMSI-catcher was used over a 23-day period to send SMS texts with links to websites that impersonated three banks.
Turning Bank ID into Caller ID, whilst IMSI-Catchers Run Wild: Commsrisk Show 7
The financial sector is making all banks uniquely identifiable; the same methods could stop all imposter fraud by phone and internet.
Oslo IMSI-Catcher Arrest: Suspected Malaysian Spy Now Investigated for Fraud ‘with International Ramifications’
Espionage charges were dropped but the same criminal outfit also drove an IMSI-catcher around Bergen, Norway's second city.
Android to Stop Man-in-the-Middle Attacks by Letting Enterprise Users Disable 2G Downgrades
Spies and scammers connect to phones and push them on to 2G connections to work around the security built into newer networks.
Do Lawyers Need to Worry about IMSI-Catchers?
Sometimes it is worth asking whose privacy is being protected.
YouTuber Gets Inside Smishing and Social Engineering
Micode followed digital breadcrumbs that began with an SMS from a number reserved for M2M, took him via web servers and Telegram channels, to swindlers with a psychopathic lack of remorse.
Now There Is a Rap Song about IMSI-Catchers
The discography of Marseille rapper AM La Scampia illustrates how criminality surrounding electronic comms could be normalized for young people.
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