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Help Net Security

@helpnetsecurity.com

A cheap fake base station can still track 5G subscribers

📖 Read more: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/09/22/5...

#cybersecurity #cybersecuritynews #5G #IMSICatcher #mobilesecurity

A cheap fake base station can still track 5G subscribers - Help Net Security

Commercial 5G hides the subscriber ID but predictable temporary IDs still enable 5G subscriber tracking with a cheap fake base station.

www.helpnetsecurity.com

September 22, 2026 at 12:07 PM

The New Oil

@thenewoil.org

#us #police now armed with Israeli spy vans simulating mobile phone towers

https://cybernews.com/privacy/us-police-israeli-spy-vans-falconet-cognyte/

#privacy #israel #falconet #cognyte #imsicatcher #surveillance

July 23, 2026 at 1:01 PM

Gaby Wald

@gabywald.bsky.social

"Ceux qui tournaient dans Paris" (enquête sur cette découverte fin 2022 : scam et arnaques au menu)

#CyberSécurité #IMSI #IMSIcatcher #Paris #ViePrivée ...

pwned.substack.com/p/ceux-qui-t...

July 17, 2026 at 2:53 PM

Chaincoder

@chaincoder.bsky.social

ever heard of a stingray? it's an IMSI catcher, and its how law enforcement tracks protesters. #imsicatcher #privacy #blog #newpost #hacking #surveillance #activism #stingray #osint #opsec

Building a $40 Stingray Detector That Fits in an Altoids Tin

You don’t see IMSI catchers. You don’t hear them. They sit between your phone and the network like a polite lie, impersonating a tower just well enough that your device shrugs and connects anyway. No warning. No vibration. Nothing in the UI suggests that your phone has just been convinced to trust something it never verified.

cha1nc0der.wordpress.com

April 16, 2026 at 1:31 AM

CyberMaterial

@cybermaterial.bsky.social

Snapchat Expands Parental Contact Insights
Read More: buff.ly/QQpULar

#IMSIcatcher #MobileSecurity #Smishing #TelecomFraud #CyberCrime #LawEnforcement #Infosec

January 23, 2026 at 2:00 AM

Balthasar Glättli

@bglaettli.bsky.social

Die offizielle Schweiz lässt also zu, dass eine Firma am Repressionsexport verdient. Wir GRÜNE fordern: klare Regeln, Transparenz und ein Ende solcher Exporte. Der Bundesrat muss hier rasch vorwärts machen!

#neosoft #imsicatcher #repressionsexport
3/3

August 31, 2025 at 3:29 PM

Balthasar Glättli

@bglaettli.bsky.social

2/3 Diese Geräte landen auch in autoritären Staaten. Offiziell für «Kriminalitätsbekämpfung», faktisch zur Unterdrückung von Oppositionellen eingesetzt. #IMSICatcher können Demoteilnehmende anschreiben und abschrecken: "Wir wissen, dass Du da bist..."

#neosoft #imsicatcher #repressionsexport

August 31, 2025 at 3:29 PM

Balthasar Glättli

@bglaettli.bsky.social

Die Zürcher Firma #Neosoft exportiert Überwachungstechnologie – darunter IMSI-Catcher, die Handys orten und abhören können.

Hier der Artikeln in der @woz.ch :
🔗 https://www.woz.ch/2535/ueberwachungstechnologie/handyspione-aus-dem-binzquartier/!4PESK8KTD13E

#imsicatcher #repressionsexport 1/3

August 31, 2025 at 3:29 PM

Greg

@jamyang.net

#Turkey busts foreign spy ring using fake cell towers ( #伪基站 #imsicatcher) to spoof SMS & exfil. data. Info was reportedly sent to servers in #China. Textbook tech-driven #transnationalrepression targeting #Uyghur diaspora.

🔗 www.middleeasteye.net/news/turkey-... #surveillance

Turkey busts Chinese spying ring using fake cell towers

Officials say it's the most sophisticated espionage cell uncovered and used IMSI-catcher devices to eavesdrop on Uyghur and Turkish targets in Istanbul and Izmir

www.middleeasteye.net

May 21, 2025 at 9:26 PM

曖昧なイッヌ

@aimainainnu.bsky.social

新しいOSには対応はしていないという意見があるよう
EAGLE Security
Playstore
play.google.com/store/apps/d...

#偽基地局 #IMSIcatcher #IMSIキャッチャー #Android

EAGLE Security - Apps on Google Play

IMSI-catcher catcher, camera lock. Smart anti-wiring application

play.google.com

April 21, 2025 at 4:26 PM

John F

@abjuri5t.bsky.social

Spent some time with #Wireshark - comparing captured traffic to baselines and cross-referencing #PCAPs with a friend who’s #Rayhunter was on the other side of the crowd

Happy to report that we’ve found no evidence of #Stingray #IMSIcatcher devices (yet)

April 13, 2025 at 1:47 AM

Allison Moon 🌙 🍁

@shewandersferal.mu.social

just 💢one of the many reasons💢 why ‘deleting off your phone’ & ‘leaving in the #Cloud ☁️’ is just 💢not effective💢 #personalDigitalSecurity at the #USBorder…

#Stingray #Dirtbox #Spike
#Cell-siteSimulator #IMSIcatcher

sls.eff.org/technologies...

Cell-Site Simulators/ IMSI Catchers

Cell-site simulators, also known as Stingrays or IMSI catchers, are devices that masquerade as legitimate cell-phone towers, tricking phones within a certain radius into connecting to the device rathe...

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April 6, 2025 at 1:26 PM

John F

@abjuri5t.bsky.social

FYI I found NO signs of #Stingray #IMSICatcher surveillance devices today at #HandsOffBoston
🚫🛜🕵️

CC @mass50501.bsky.social @maindivisible.bsky.social

Will double-check by comparing network logs to baseline metrics (stay tuned), but I don’t see evidence of #CellularSpying on Boston protestors today