Toronto Police have made three arrests and seized several “SMS blasters,” a sophisticated cybercrime weapon not previously seen in Canada.
In a news conference on Thursday morning, Deputy Chief Robert Johnson and Detective Sergeant Lindsay Riddell said three men are facing a total of 44 charges in what they described as a first-of-its-kind cybercrime investigation in Canada. […]
SMS stands for Short Message Service. An SMS blaster mimics a legitimate cell tower, but when nearby phones connect to it, users receive fraudulent text messages that appear to come from trusted organizations.
These messages prompt recipients to click on links that lead to fake websites designed to capture personal information, a tactic known as SMS phishing or “smishing.”
This marks the first known instance of this technology being used in Canada and highlights an emerging threat to both public safety and financial security, police said in a news release.
L – “Unrestricted Warfare” the claws of the panda arrives to collect data, to be used for the Canada/China “strategic partnership”. No longer any reason to hide, as that partnership involves co-operation between police of both countries, at some level. “Social Credit Scores” here can be calculated by a hostile foreign power. Thus giving the Liberal gov’t. of P.M., the Mark of Carnage, plausible deniability. The cunning of serpents…
Hmm. Markham ‘men’ at least in this instance appear to have a similar ethnicity. That seems to be true of ‘Brampton’ men too. Surely coincidental, no?
As it comes to pronunciation, I always struggle with those Welsh names.
I’m thinking of opening a Welsh fabric shop called Pleidiol Weave. Don’t mind me, it’s the only Welsh I know and I have to show it off…
I guess the Toronto Police Service doesn’t want any competition with their “SMS Blasters” called Stingray, also known as Cell-site simulators.
Did y’all know you can build an “SMS Blaster” into a drone and park it anywhere you want to collect cell phone data? Oh yeah.
https://www.computerworld.com/article/1537113/researchers-show-off-homemade-spy-drone-at-black-hat.html
This is a Black Hat demo from 2011. That’s 15 years ago, my friends. This is -old- technology, and very cheap to build now. I’m going to guess you could put one together and stick it on a pretty fancy drone with solar charging for under $10K. Bare-bones? Under $2k.
I very much doubt this is the first time an “SMS Blaster” has been doing smishing in Canada. It might be the first time the cops have decided to lay charges.
Some crevah ridduh guys!