ss7
![An old-school telephone, the like of which Millenials have never seen. Also: Get off my lawn.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/securityboulevard.com/wp-content/plugins/pt-content-views-pro/public/assets/images/lazy_image.png)
FCC: Phone Network Bugs Must Be Fixed — But are SS7/Diameter Beyond Repair?
Richi Jennings | | Big Telecom, carrier, Carriers, Diameter, digital telecom, fcc, FCC Failures, FCC Follies, FCC privacy rules, Federal Communications Commission, Federal Government, Location, location access risks, location data, Location data privacy, location history, location intelligence, location privacy, location sharing location tracking, location tracking, mobile carrier, mobile carrier vulnerability, Mobile carriers, Mobile Location Tracking, Mobile Tracking, Phone Carrier, RADIUS, roaming, Ron Wyden, SB Blogwatch, Sen. Ron Wyden, Smartphone Location Tracking, ss7, telco, Telecom, Telecom Cybersecurity, Telecom Industry, Telecom Industry Vulnerabilities, telecommunications, Telecommunications Security, telephone, telephones, U.S. Federal Communications Commission, wireless carrier
Fast enough for government work: The Federal Communications Commission is finally minded to do something about decades-old vulnerabilities ...
Security Boulevard
![Syniverse Hack: Billions of Users’ Data Leaks Over Five Years](https://cdn.statically.io/img/securityboulevard.com/wp-content/plugins/pt-content-views-pro/public/assets/images/lazy_image.png)
Syniverse Hack: Billions of Users’ Data Leaks Over Five Years
Richi Jennings | | 2fa, Privacy, SB Blogwatch, SMS, ss7, Syniverse, there is always some bubblegum and duct tape holding the edges of the network together
Hackers broke into the massive telephony interconnection service run by Syniverse—a huge, yet invisible, chunk of infrastructure ...
Security Boulevard
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Historical, Hidden Cellular Network Insecurity, The Litany Thereof
Image Credit ...and why, the history of security instability in cellular telephonic networks will emerge as one of the most important factors limiting wide-scaled implementation and deployment of 5G radiotelephony ...
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FCC Fails To Mandate Signaling System 7 Remediation Effort: Nothing To See Here, Move Along
Andrea Peterson, writing for Ars Technica and the Project on Government Oversight, tells the tale of FCC malfeasance coming to the fore - in not mandating requisite technical remediation of SS7 shortcomings ...
![Total Recall Bodyscanner](https://cdn.statically.io/img/securityboulevard.com/wp-content/plugins/pt-content-views-pro/public/assets/images/lazy_image.png)
The Shared Security Weekly Blaze – New TSA Body Scanners, Back to School Cybersecurity, Instagram Hacking
Tom Eston | | Arnold Schwarzenegger, Body Scanners, Cybersecurity, Hacking, Incident Response, Instagram, Podcast Episodes, Privacy, Ransomware, Schools, Silent Pocket, SMS, ss7, Total Recall, tsa, two factor authentication, Weekly Blaze Podcast
This is the Shared Security Weekly Blaze for August 27, 2018 sponsored by Security Perspectives – Your Source for Tailored Security Awareness Training and Assessment Solutions and Silent Pocket. This episode was ...
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SS7 Security On Techmeme? A Reminder About Interconnected Systems…
SS7 security issues reported on Techmeme? I did a double-take yesterday and, as Jay Cuthrell noted on Twitter, wondered if this was a “ThrowbackThursday” taken to the extreme. But no, there was ...