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3–4 Apr 2023
Manchester Central Convention Centre
Europe/London timezone

Weaponizing mobile infrastructure: Are politically motivated cyber attacks a threat to democracy?

4 Apr 2023, 10:30
30m
Charter 1, 2, 3 (Manchester Central)

Charter 1, 2, 3

Manchester Central

Windmill St, Manchester, M2 3GX, United Kingdom.
Standard Presentation Main Session UKNOF51

Speaker

Imran Saleem

Description

In this engagement, we describe our intelligence gathered around Russian and Ukraine conflict. How mobile networks were weaponized to inflict cyber war with primary focus on nation state activity led by Russian source/identity holding various objectives.
i.e performing account takeover, attacks on Ukrainian subscribers via SS7 Spoofing and new threat indicators captured being used by Russian sources.
The massive hybrid war resulted in regulators revisiting their cyber resilience to handle these sophisticated attacks towards mobile operators or attacks initiated covertly by operators.

Summary

The presentation outline consists of:

Problem Statement
- Actionable Intelligence gathered around Russian - Ukraine Conflict.
- How the attacks were staged.
- Types of attacks executed.
- How political shift in a region can drive cyber-attacks . A glimpse of Intelligence THE US -EXIT from AFGHANISTAN.

Talk Duration 25 Minutes Presentation (+5 Minutes Q&A)
Presentation delivery In-person at the meeting venue
Your consent for us to publish your name and affiliation as a Speaker on the UKNOF50 website Yes

Primary author

Imran Saleem

Presentation materials