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So which company, working for which government, and how to stop it? The article is just a talk-to-our-salesman piece?
I'm for cool research, but I am also tired of the trend where security companies come up with a flashy name, logo, url, etc. for every exploit/vuln.
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Dead link?
Yeah it's just a search for "simjacker" on their site, which encodes it in a string instead of common sense.
I'm for cool research, but I am also tired of the trend where security companies come up with a flashy name, logo, url, etc. for every exploit/vuln.
Certainly there's a self-serving glamorous aspect to it on the part of security researchers, but fun names and logos brings attention to issues that otherwise result in eyes glazing over. As much as this stuff makes me cringe to read, I'm willing to bet the branding for this issue will result in more eyes on it and probably will result in a fix. That's ultimately what vuln disclosure is about, after all.
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Most likely: NSO Group
Less likely, NSO's expertise is in development of exploits for browsers and apps (ex: WhatsApp), not ss7 exploits
Dont think they named directly who but they mentioned Circles, Rayzone in ChaosComputingClub a few days ago. THowever the link with the talk is dead for some reason - https://media.ccc.de/v/rc3-11511-watching_the_watchers_-_how...
I'm for cool research, but I am also tired of the trend where security companies come up with a flashy name, logo, url, etc. for every exploit/vuln.
"Do you know if attacks like like Simjacker or other next
generation attacks are happening in your network?
Book a meeting [with us to find out]."