hackertube.io

Tobias Engel: SS7: Locate. Track. Manipulate.

media.ccc.de · talk · Watch on YouTube

Security & hackingPrivacy, surveillance & cybercrimeNetworking & internet infrastructure

What it is

Tobias Engel's 31C3 talk shows how weaknesses in the SS7 telephone signaling network let companies and attackers locate, track and manipulate phones from anywhere in the world, with precision down to about 50 meters.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN cites it as the foundational demonstration that SS7 is insecure, relevant to arguments about SMS-based two-factor authentication.

  • 1 people recommended it
  • 1 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2017, last 2021

What HN commenters said

  1. “Tobias Engel demonstrates among other things tracking down a test subject over two continents for about a month”

    Demonstrates tracking a test subject across continents via SS7.

    Hasknewbie, 2017-07 · Recommendation · in “Telecom Lobbyists Downplayed Security Flaws in Mobile Data Backbone”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: ss7, phone tracking, 31c3, mobile security, telecom

Also recommended by the same people