Huge SIM Jacking Hack, India CCTV, Scammer Justice - Device Casting Couch - S01E04

The Device Casting Couch (Tech Podcast)

Season 1 Episode 4 of the Device Casting Couch Podcast.

In this session we discuss the looming SIM vulnerability, India implementing country wide CCTV, and a sprinkle of good news to end the week.

Enjoy!

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Sources:

SIM Jacking:

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/09/hackers-are-exploiting-a-platform-agnostic-flaw-to-track-mobile-phone-locations/

https://www.cyberscoop.com/simjacker-mobile-phone-vulnerability/

https://www.zdnet.com/article/new-simjacker-attack-exploited-in-the-wild-to-track-users-for-at-least-two-years/

https://threatpost.com/1b-mobile-users-vulnerable-to-ongoing-simjacker-surveillance-attack/148277/

https://thehackernews.com/2019/09/simjacker-mobile-hacking.html

https://srlabs.de/bites/rooting-sim-cards/

India CCTV:

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-09-19/india-seeks-to-adopt-china-style-facial-recognition-in-policing

Ad Blocker Story:

https://threatpost.com/malicious-ad-blockers-for-chrome-caught-in-ad-fraud-scheme/148591/

Scammers Caught:

https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/two-defendants-arrested-10-million-tech-support-fraud-scheme

http://www.legalserviceindia.com/article/l406-Does-India-have-a-Data-Protection-law.html