Motherboard Article: Creating an IMSI Catcher with an RTL-SDR
Motherboard, an online technology magazine has recently run an article titled "With $20 of Gear from Amazon, Nearly Anyone Can Make This IMSI-Catcher in 30 Minutes". The article describes how an...
View ArticleSigintOS: A Linux Distro for Signal Intelligence
Recently we've heard of a new Linux distribution called SigintOS becoming available for download. SigintOS is an Ubuntu based distribution with a number of built in signal intelligence applications for...
View ArticleRTL-SDR and HackRF Used in Mr. Robot – A TV Drama About Hacking
A few readers have written in to let us know the role SDRs played in the last season of "Mr. Robot". The show which is available on Amazon Prime is about "Mr. Robot", a young cyber-security engineer by...
View ArticleYouTube Tutorial: Building a Passive IMSI Catcher with an RTL-SDR
Thank you to M Khanfar for submitting his YouTube tutorial on how to build a passive IMSI catcher with an RTL-SDR. He writes: In this video im processes of easy step by step building a passive IMSI...
View ArticleSetting up a GSM Basestation in minutes with a USRP and DragonOS
DragonOS is a ready to use Linux OS image that includes many SDR programs preinstalled and ready to use. The creator Aaron also runs a YouTube channel that has multiple tutorial videos demonstrating...
View ArticleA Video Demonstration on Cracking a GSM Capture File
Over on YouTube Rob VK8FOES has been uploading some fairly comprehensive demonstrations and tutorials showing how to crack a GSM capture file which can be recorded with any SDR. It's well known now...
View ArticleSigintOS Version 2.0 Community Edition Released
SigintOS is an Ubuntu based distribution with a number of built in signal intelligence applications for software defined radios such as the RTL-SDR and TX capable SDRs like the HackRF, bladeRF and USRP...
View ArticleQCSuper: Capture 2G/3G/4G/5G Radio Frames with Qualcomm Phones
In the past, we've shown how it's possible to use RTL-SDRs or other SDR devices together with the Airprobe software to analyze data from 2G GSM mobile phones and towers. (Note that it's not possible to...
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