imsi-catcher

Black Hat·1 hr 6 min

• Black Hat
• Wireless
• Date: 2025
• Location: Black Hat

Analysts investigate attack surfaces and defenses concerning LTE & IMSI Catcher Myths.

Black Hat·59 min

• Black Hat
• Wireless
• Date: 2025
• Location: Black Hat

Engineers explore architecture and security mechanisms for WiFi-Based IMSI Catcher.

DragonJAR - Hacking y Seguridad Informática·59 min

• DRAGONJAR
• Blue Team
• Date: 2025
• Location: Dragonjar

Presents low cost stingrays (IMSI Catcher bajo presupuesto) and evaluates key implications for security practitioners.

Main Stage·40 min

• DEF CON
• Wireless
• Date: Aug 2025
• Location: Las Vegas

Cooper Quintin · Yomna Nasser

Shows how modifying an inexpensive consumer 4G LTE mobile hotspot allows researchers to capture raw network packets and detect IMSI catcher surveillance.

RF Village·26 min

• DEF CON
• Wireless
• Date: Aug 2025
• Location: Las Vegas

Ron Broberg

Details building open-source 2G, 4G, and 5G cellular base station testbeds with SDRs to evaluate and benchmark EFF's Rayhunter IMSI catcher detector.

SEC-T·1 hr

• SEC T
• Wireless
• Date: 2025
• Location: Sec T

Industry experts analyze emerging threats surrounding 0x0C: Ravishankar Borgaonkar & Altaf Shaik - 5G IMSI Catcher? Exploiting vulnerabilities....

Main Stage·24 min

• DEF CON
• Wireless
• Date: Mar 2021
• Location: Online

Cooper Quintin

Cooper Quintin details how 4G IMSI catchers operate and introduces open-source software with low-cost hardware to detect rogue base stations in real time.

Main Stage·46 min

• DEF CON
• Wireless
• Date: Aug 2020
• Location: Online

Cooper Quintin

EFF researcher Cooper Quintin introduces Crocodile Hunter, an open-source tool using low-cost SDRs to detect 4G LTE IMSI catchers (Hailstorm) in real time.

Main Stage·30 min

• DEF CON
• Wireless
• Date: Aug 2020
• Location: Online

Cooper Quintin

Cooper Quintin answers questions on Crocodile Hunter, 4G IMSI catcher detection mechanics, and cellular surveillance tracking.

Main Stage·38 min

• DEF CON
• Wireless
• Date: Aug 2019
• Location: Las Vegas

Campbell Murray

Demonstrates practical GSM interception using commodity SDR hardware and open-source software to decrypt 2G voice calls.

Village Presentations·31 min

• DEF CON
• Privacy
• Date: Aug 2015
• Location: Las Vegas

Freddy Martinez

Freddy Martinez demonstrates low-cost counter-surveillance tools to detect IMSI catchers (Stingrays) and rogue cellular base stations during political protests.