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AdaptiveMobile Releases New Intelligence on Signalling Vulnerabilities in Global Mobile Networks
AdaptiveMobile (News - Alert), the world leader in mobile network security, today
released new evidence on global SS7 Signalling attacks, including
complex location tracking and call interception attacks that were able
to bypass more basic STP-based defences. This evidence shows the
increasing level of sophistication in SS7 attacks being encountered by
operators, demonstrating the increasing capabilities and resources of
attackers.
AdaptiveMobile's latest intelligence profiles three attack campaigns
that attempted to track and surveil subscribers throughout Europe and
the Americas. The Company detected one malicious SS7 platform in the
Middle East trying to evade defences in a target operator based in the
Americas by sending sophisticated sequences of commands, aiming to
intercept calls, harvest subscriber information, and track the location
for a number of target phone users. A second, separate SS7 platform
based in at least two Western European locations attempted to probe and
break into a European network by sending a range of attacks of
increasing sophistication. This platform's attacks continued to increase
in complexity and eventually managed to bypass many defences in place.
AdaptiveMobile's Signalling
Protection secures the SS7 and LTE (News - Alert)/Diameter networks using a unique
combination of carrier-grade firewall, advanced analytics, and the
unique threat intelligence from working with nine of the top 10 operator
groups to protet over 1.5 billion mobile subscribers. Using the latest
in AI techniques and cutting-edge, self-learning algorithms, the
Company's Signalling
Protection continues to detect and defend against real-life
sophisticated attacks.
"We are seeing increasingly complex attacks being targeted against
global mobile networks," said Cathal Mc Daid, chief intelligence officer
of AdaptiveMobile. "Attackers have evolved quickly in response to the
on-going deployment of basic SS7 defences based on STPs or static
firewalls, and as a result the threats to mobile networks and
subscriber's security have never been greater. Our advanced threat
detection algorithms and research teams provide the most effective
technology available to the mobile industry today; this new intelligence
demonstrates the immediate need for mobile operators to address the
evolving threats and stay one step ahead of attackers."
Currently deployed in five continents, the Company continues to provide
security leadership and expertise based on the very latest detection
technologies from their world-leading Threat Intelligence Unit.
AdaptiveMobile will be at Mobile World Congress (News - Alert) from 27th
February - 3rd March in Hall 2, 2D41MR, and will be
showcasing a visualisation of this new intelligence and demos of their
Signalling Protection during this time. To request a meeting, please
email [email protected].
About AdaptiveMobile
AdaptiveMobile is the world leader in mobile network security protecting
over 1.5 billion subscribers worldwide and the only mobile security
company offering products designed to protect all services on both fixed
and mobile networks through in-network and cloud solutions. With deep
expertise and a unique focus on network-to-handset security,
AdaptiveMobile's award winning security solutions provide its customers
with advanced threat detection and actionable intelligence, combined
with the most comprehensive security products on the market today.
AdaptiveMobile was founded in 2004 and boasts some of the world's
largest mobile operators as customers and the leading security and
telecom equipment vendors as partners. The Company is headquartered in
Dublin with offices in North America, Europe, South Africa, Middle East
and Asia Pacific.
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