BEYOND SPYWARE- THE SURVELLIANCE INFRASTRUCTURE

SHARAD VYAS�SENIOR RESEARCHER

THE FOOTPRINT: HARDWARE DOESN’T LIE

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• HS Codes

• Hardware Description

• Product Brochure

• Court Records

•Enablers/States

• Circles
• Verint
• Cognyte
• Magnet
• Convergence Labs, (Hyderabad)

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PROLIFERATION: CHEAP, STEALTH APPS

MASS-SCALE: HYDERABAD, DELHI, BOMBAY

WHITE PAPER-PROSPECTUSES

APINN NETWORK

TRADE SHOWS

• ISS WORLD – Intelligence Support System Conferences. EU
• MILIPOL - France
• IDEX — International Defence Exhibition & Conference. UAE
• DSEI — Defence & Security Equipment International. UK
• DIGIPOL - Surveillance / Spyware-Tech. India

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DIGIPOL

WAYBACK VERSION

Mid-tier phone tracking firm.

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HQ: Jakarta

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Primary Prod: Altamides

WAYBACK VERSION

DORKS- SURVEILLANCE

Telecom Monitoring & Signaling

• "SS7 signaling"
• "SS7 probes"
• "SS7 system"
• "SS7 monitoring"
• "LTE monitoring"
• "GSM interception"
• "telecom surveillance"
• "traffic analysis"
• "lawful intercept"
• "communication monitoring"
• "network monitoring equipment"
• "core network analysis"
• "mobile network forensic tools"

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Surveillance Software

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• "analytics software"
• "big data security analytics"
• "intelligence analysis platform"
• "threat intelligence system"
• "cyber investigation tool"
• "social media analytics"
• "AI analytics system"
• "pattern recognition platform"
• "metadata analytics"

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COGNYTE

TAKEAWAYS

• Hardware > Software: Malware can be deleted; servers, batteries, and probes leave a permanent customs trail.
• The Real Threat is Scalable: Shift focus from Pegasus to Mass Interception (Cognyte/Verint) and Geolocation (Circles).
• The Supply Chain is Open: Don’t be too hung up on Dark Web. Look at ISS World and Milipol exhibitor lists.
• Archive or Lose It: Vendors sanitize their sites after scandals. Use the Wayback Machine to find the original "capabilities".

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THANK YOU