Security Bsides Las Vegas 2024

Law Enforcement and IMSI catchers – A privacy nightmare - Session 6
2024-08-06 , Misora Room

Cell Site Simulators (CSSs) and IMSI (International Mobile Subscriber Identity) Catchers are significantly more widespread than most of the general public, policy makers, researchers, and activists are aware. Their danger to privacy in the US is more significant than the vast majority most realize. United States Law Enforcement (LE) routinely use some version of CSSs or IMSI catchers in widespread areas and almost none of their usage requires warrants based on legal challenges thus far. This talk is to raise awareness of this controversial technology, privacy implications and the ongoing situation with LE that rarely makes it into US news reports and has thus far received no push back from elected officials. You should care. We all should care.


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I am a US Army Veteran with over 20+ years of experience with 14+ solely within the cybersecurity domain. I was a Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) analyst in the military primarily supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. Within cybersecurity I have worked on Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI), cyber counterintelligence (CI), maturity assessments, GRC, Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) analysis, course development, and instruction. I have experience across industry verticals including US Federal Government, DoD, USIC, and SLED. I am passionate about helping others in INFOSEC and volunteer in the community with several non-profits.