Over the weekend, a 60 Minutes segment covered how a researcher could hack a congressman's phone just by knowing its number. Sound familiar? It should, because I covered almost the same story last year. Nonetheless, watch today's video to learn more about the latest research into a weakness in a phone protocol called SS7. (Episode Runtime: 3:03) Direct YouTube … [Read more...]
Global Mobile Hack – Daily Security Byte EP.127
The Australian 60 Minutes unveiled a piece on how attackers can track and intercept the calls from any mobile, as long as they know its number. However, others say the researchers demonstrating this attack had special access to carrier networks. Watch today's video to learn how real this threat is, and whether or not you can do something about it. (Episode Runtime: … [Read more...]