CANDYGRAM: NSA Exploit of the Day

Current Berkman People and Projects 2014-02-20

Summary:

Today's item from the NSA's Tailored Access Operations (TAO) group implant catalog: CANDYGRAM (S//SI//REL) Mimics GSM cell tower of a target network. Capable of operations at 900, 1800, or 1900 MHz. Whenever a target handset enters the CANDYGRAM base station's area of influence, the system sends out an SMS through the external network to registered watch phones. (S//SI//REL) Typical use...

Link:

https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2014/02/candygram_nsa_e.html

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Tags:

cellphones exploitoftheday hardware implants nsa phones privacy sms surveillance windows

Authors:

Bruce Schneier

Date tagged:

02/20/2014, 16:10

Date published:

02/20/2014, 15:11