Re:A Major Wireless Network Flaw Is Still Being Exploited to...
by KaiserPro on Tuesday December 29, 2020 @04:30AM
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> googling "ss7 attack".
Oh indeed, I'm old enough to have played with raw SS7 back in the day. I'm just surprised that intentional access is allowed. I had assumed that this kind of access died when frame relays were phased out for fibre/"ethernet"
Obviously if you peer with a telecoms company then you'll get some level of access, but for obvious reasons I would have thought it would have some level of filtering, if only to stop them fucking with the billing.
Oh indeed, I'm old enough to have played with raw SS7 back in the day. I'm just surprised that intentional access is allowed. I had assumed that this kind of access died when frame relays were phased out for fibre/"ethernet"
Obviously if you peer with a telecoms company then you'll get some level of access, but for obvious reasons I would have thought it would have some level of filtering, if only to stop them fucking with the billing.