Although two-factor authentication is an important tool in protecting your online accounts, it's not a panacea. A single weak link in the chain can give an attacker a way into a system. In 2014, a ...

Cyberthieves exploited long-known vulnerabilities in the Signaling System 7 (SS7) protocol, wiping out bank accounts in Germany after intercepting the two-factor authentication codes sent to mobile ...

The existence of Signaling System 7 (SS7) mobile telephony protocol vulnerabilities is something security researchers warned about in 2016, and it only took a year before the first attacks exploiting ...

At least 20 crypto executives and customers of an Israeli telecommunications company were targeted in a sophisticated SS7 attack last month. Hackers compromised Telegram messenger and email accounts ...

Signaling System Number Seven, or SS7, is a widely-used protocol that enables mobile operators’ subscribers to communicate with each other. At the heart of an operator’s network, SS7 contains highly ...

It was only a matter of time, but the shortcomings of SS7 have become an issue impossible to ignore. The 40 year old telephone network signalling protocol has hit global headlines twice over the last ...

Increasingly, cellular carriers and service providers are using IP networks to transport and route Signaling System 7 (SS7) traffic. The SS7 protocol boasts a mechanism for offloading the traditional ...

The Federal Communications Commission is asking communications service providers to give the agency a progress update on how they are refurbishing their networks to prevent spies and cybercriminals ...

The problem is that SS7 was designed as an out of band protocol (or "signalling standard" hence "SS7") for a physically isolated, wired network that only a privileged few had access to. You had to be ...