The security researchers say they have the supervision company in the Middle East that exploits a new attack that encourages new attacks that can tell the location of the cell phone.
The attack depends on the security protection operators to protect the intruder from accessing the SS7, or the global phone protocol for the phone route and text messages in the world.
SS7 also allows operators to request information about customer’s cell phones connect, usually used for accurate billing customers when calling or text.
Researchers in Enea, CyberveGurity companies that provide protection for phone carriers, say This week Those who have seen an unknown supervision vendor about the new Bypass Attack until the last 2024 to get the location of the phone without knowledge.
ENCC Mc David’s technology is checking for blog posts, which is said to Tech Tech who looks at the target “and a few attacks cannot be done to all phone operators.
Mc daid says that bypass attack allows the supervision vendors to find individuals to the nearest cell towers, which are in the city or narrow areas can be narrowing several hundred meters.
The phone operators are working on the exploit used, but refuses to name the supervision vendors, except based in the Middle East.
Mc David tells Techcrunch If the attack is the increase in a dangerous carrier to use the types of types using a person’s location, it will not be found if you can’t succeed anywhere. “
“We anticipate that more can be found and used,” says Mc Daid.
Optional Vendor, which may include Spyware Manufacturer And the provider of internet traffic is generally, as a private company that is usually used for government customers to execute operations to violate operations. The government is often claiming Use Spyware and more Exploit technology against serious criminals, but the tool has also been used for target civil community members, including journalist and ActivistsSee rankings-.
In the past vendor, supervision has improved access to SS7 with a local phone carrier, which is not blamed “Global title,” or through a government connection.
But because the attack is happening at a cell network level, a little bit of customers can be done to defend the exploitation. However, defending the attack on telecommunications companies.
In Recent Years, Phone Companies, Phone Installled Firewalls and Other Cybersecurity Protections to the Patchwork Nature Means That As Protected As Others, including in the United States.
According to letter Posted to the Sentic Ron Wyden Office of the year, the US Department of Expartment of Expartment is said that some countries, especially, Russia, has used US customers. “Saudi Arabia also has Found abdominal torture The SS7 to carry out the power of citizens in the United States.