Signal s hack of surveillance software a big concern for courts
Questions linger about Cellebrite’s UFED software Credit: IDG
A surveillance software used by Australian police to extract messages, photos and other crucial pieces of evidence used in criminal hearings, has come into question after vulnerabilities were discovered that could be exploited to create falsified evidence.
Security concerns about a surveillance software developed by Cellebrite, were raised in a blog post last week by Moxie Marlinspike, the founder of the encrypted app Signal. According to Marlinspike, he managed to hack Cellebrite’s Universal Forensic Extraction Device (UFED), a software program used by law enforcement agencies to gather criminally important evidence from devices.
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Signal, the world's most encrypted app, revealed Cellebrite's software is exposed and its data can be manipulated. Now activists in Israel and U.K. demand police stop using the phone-hacking tech
By Juha Saarinen on Apr 22, 2021 11:00AM Source: Cellebrite
Numerous vulnerabilities allow code execution.
Israeli digital forensics firm Cellebrite, whose products are used by law enforcement but also repressive, murderous regimes and groups around the world, has been left with egg on its face after an analysis of its software found it to be riddled with easily exploitable vulnerabilities.
The figurehead of the Signal encrypted messaging project, Moxie Marlinspike, got hold of a Cellebrite kit containing two key pieces of Windows software, the Universal Forensic Extraction Device (UFED) and Physical Analyser.
How the Cellebrite kit ended up in the Signal team s hands remains unclear for now.