Hackers have proven just how urgently a gaping flaw in the global telecoms network, affecting what's known as Signalling System No. 7 (SS7), needs to be fixed. In a video demonstration, shown to ...

The new SS7 bypass attack tricks phone operators into disclosing a cell subscriber's location, in some cases down to a few ...

Mobileum's various security products include an SS7 firewall, and the company's website warns that "modestly priced access to the SS7 network is now available to hackers on a modest budget." ...

SS7 equipment, for example, often runs just in maintenance mode, where these security mechanisms simply aren’t available. Attackers act fast and operators need equipment and mechanisms that allow them ...

While these are low percentages they relate to the millions of SS7 packets being sent every day. “That can add up to tens of thousands a day which can mean someone being tracked or some fraud ...

SS7, a Primer SS7, also known as Signaling System No. 7, refers to a data network---and the series of technical protocols or rules that govern how data gets exchanged over it.

SS7 is an old protocol, first conceived of in 1975, that is used for creating and terminating phone calls. It's also the backbone of a lot of other telephony services, such as the exchange of ...

It had no encryption.” But SS7 serves a vital purpose. The network helps keep calls connected as users bounce from cell tower to cell tower, and routes text messages to their final location.

They were able to do it by exploiting a security flaw they discovered in Signaling System Seven — or SS7 […] The SS7 network is the heart of the worldwide mobile phone system.

Weakest link The problem with SS7 is that it's only as secure as its least secure or trust-worthy member. If any one of the 820 or so telcos that make up the network is hacked or employs a rogue ...