Surveillance vendors caught abusing access to telcos to track people’s phone locations, researchers say

The Citizen Lab found two separate surveillance vendors abusing the backbone of cellular networks to spy on several victims across the world.
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A surveillance vendor was caught exploiting a new SS7 attack to track people’s phone locations

Security researchers say they have caught a surveillance company in the Middle East exploiting a new attack capable of tricking phone operators into disclosing a cell subscriber’s location. The attack ...
Network World

Stratus buys Cemprus for SS7 signaling software

Stratus Technologies is beefing up its telecom portfolio with the acquisition of Cemprus, bringing it telecommunications signaling software that it can combine with its redundant server platforms. The ...
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Mindspeed(R) Introduces Industry’s First High-Density SS7 Processor with HDLC Support

Mindspeed Technologies, Inc. has announced the industry's first high-density processing solution that enables networking equipment to terminate both data and signaling system 7 (SS7) traffic using the ...