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The SIM Swap would seem to be a bit more accessible to the average fraudster. Hacking SS7 apparently requires setting up a "hub" and obtaining a carrier license
by incompatible 7y ago
The SIM Swap would seem to be a bit more accessible to the average fraudster. Hacking SS7 apparently requires setting up a "hub" and obtaining a carrier license from a lax country. That is, until we get to the bit about "illicit merchants offering ‘Connection-as-a-Service’ to such hubs."
https://www.kaspersky.com/blog/hacking-cellular-networks/10633/ https://www.kaspersky.com/blog/hacking-cellular-networks/106...
- xorcist 7y ago> obtaining a carrier license from a lax country Carrier license sounds much more involved than what it is. It's not uncommon to sell full SS7 access to companies that are not operators in the regular sense.