Simjacker vulnerability exploited by surveillance companies

#1

Post by agazso » Fri, Jan 01, 2021, 5:44 PM UTC

Simjacker vulnerability exploited by surveillance companies
simjacker.com

Re: Simjacker vulnerability exploited by surveillance companies

#2

Post by client4 » Fri, Jan 01, 2021, 6:27 PM UTC

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.

Re: Simjacker vulnerability exploited by surveillance companies

#3

Post by lima » Fri, Jan 01, 2021, 6:31 PM UTC

client4 wrote: post #2

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.

Why?

Re: Simjacker vulnerability exploited by surveillance companies

#4

Post by generalizations » Fri, Jan 01, 2021, 6:48 PM UTC

lima wrote: post #3

client4 wrote: post #2

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.

Why?

It reeks of marketing, which is antithetical to the hacker spirit?

Re: Simjacker vulnerability exploited by surveillance companies

#5

Post by pluc » Fri, Jan 01, 2021, 6:56 PM UTC

This is from September 2019. They haven't really bothered with updating the topic since then: https://www.adaptivemobile.com/search/3a08888ea06c35015d1248...

Re: Simjacker vulnerability exploited by surveillance companies

#6

Post by willvarfar » Fri, Jan 01, 2021, 6:58 PM UTC

So which company, working for which government, and how to stop it? The article is just a talk-to-our-salesman piece?

Re: Simjacker vulnerability exploited by surveillance companies

#7

Post by prophesi » Fri, Jan 01, 2021, 7:05 PM UTC

willvarfar wrote: post #6

So which company, working for which government, and how to stop it? The article is just a talk-to-our-salesman piece?

Yep, it's all fluff. They were supposed to reveal more information on the matter in a conference back in October. But we still only have a "technical" paper with nice looking graphs and an unnamed boogie-man.

Re: Simjacker vulnerability exploited by surveillance companies

#8

Post by notretarded » Fri, Jan 01, 2021, 8:15 PM UTC

generalizations wrote: post #4

lima wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why?

It reeks of marketing, which is antithetical to the hacker spirit?

Good.. Instantly recognisable name for e-peen augmentation, enters lexicon of general public easily, media outlets can spam it easier, vendors hand forced to fix promptly.

This is hardly a bad thing.

Re: Simjacker vulnerability exploited by surveillance companies

#9

Post by xfitm3 » Fri, Jan 01, 2021, 8:44 PM UTC

pluc wrote: post #5

This is from September 2019. They haven't really bothered with updating the topic since then: https://www.adaptivemobile.com/search/3a08888ea06c35015d1248...

Dead link?

Re: Simjacker vulnerability exploited by surveillance companies

#10

Post by plufsim » Fri, Jan 01, 2021, 8:58 PM UTC

willvarfar wrote: post #6

So which company, working for which government, and how to stop it? The article is just a talk-to-our-salesman piece?

This product/company, for example: https://rayzone.com/geomatrix-geolocation-system/