The Story: Vermont State Official Proves Carrier Claims Of Coverage Are Hogwash
John Dillon writing at Vermont Public Radio, brings forth the true story of Cory Chase, a State of Vermont Telecommunications Infrastructure Specialist and his quest to accurately detail mobile telephony signal coverage in his stunningly beautiful State (easily one of the most beautiful States in this Union of ours). This superbly written screed also includes a link to Mr. Chase's interactive arcGIS map and his excruciatingly detailed Mobile Wireless 2018 Report. Enjoy. H/T
"The state challenged the carriers' maps following a rigorous procedure for data collection outlined by the FCC. That’s what had Chase driving around with the six cell phones, each capable of sophisticated download speed tests every 20 seconds. The result was 187,506 download speed test results at locations about 360 meters apart along all of the major roads in the state." - via John Dillon writing at Vermont Public Radio
City of Tacoma Fined $300,000 For Witholding Stingray Surveillance Data
Both Cyrus Favrivar of Ars Technica and Kate Martin, writing for The Tacoma News Tribune, have reported (Ars, Tribune) that Judge G. Helen Whitener has rebuked the Tacoma Police Department's for their apparent decision to not produce the surveillance output from a series of StingRay operations conducted by the Department in the City of Tacoma. Regardless, Judge Whitener has handed down the decision.
"Superior Court Judge G. Helen Whitener ruled earlier this year that the city improperly withheld 11 documents from the American Civil Liberties Union. On Monday, Whitener issued a ruling tallying the cost: ▪ $182,340 for violations of the Public Records Act. ▪ $115,530 for attorney fees and other costs." via The News Tribune reporter Kate Martin
As an FYI, The TPD is an excellent organization, and highly respected, both here in the State of Washington and throughout the country. - mh
LTE Flaw-O-Rama →
Following up on our Tuesday post entitled '4G Gone Wild (and the trigger for that post - Zero Day author Zack Whittaker's) superlative piece), another author - Sean Gallagher of Ars Technica - has posted a highly detailed article presenting his take on the same LTE security flaws and the ramifications of those pernicious issues. Certainly Today's Must Read!
The iOT Radio Attack Primer →
Nitesh Malviya, writing at Infosec Institute performs knowledge transfer within the radio science arena, with an exemplary iOT - related radio primer. This is a first in a series regarding iOT radio vectored attack research. Enjoy.