Surveillance Firm Exploits SS7 Flaw to Track User Locations
A sophisticated surveillance operation has been discovered exploiting critical vulnerabilities in the global telecommunications infrastructure to track mobile phone users’ locations without authorization, security researchers have revealed.
The attack leverages weaknesses in the decades-old SS7 (Signaling System No. 7) protocol that underpins international cellular networks.
New Attack Method Discovered
Security experts atEnea’s Threat ...