The Federal Communications Commission is asking communications service providers to give the agency a progress update on how they are refurbishing their networks to prevent spies and cybercriminals ...

Increasingly, cellular carriers and service providers are using IP networks to transport and route Signaling System 7 (SS7) traffic. The SS7 protocol boasts a mechanism for offloading the traditional ...

SS7 protocols are used for wireless and wireline networks, and they facilitate user services like number portability, toll-free calling, and enhanced features like Caller ID. SS7 messages are ...

The problem is that SS7 was designed as an out of band protocol (or "signalling standard" hence "SS7") for a physically isolated, wired network that only a privileged few had access to. You had to be ...