Gary Miller
Senior Research Fellow
Gary Miller is a recognized security researcher and threat intelligence expert with over 10 years of experience uncovering cyber espionage and surveillance targeting mobile networks and users. He is also the founder of the Mobile Intelligence Alliance and Mobile Surveillance Monitor Project, a nonprofit organization with a mission to expose cyber threats through intelligence research, forensic investigations, and media publications. His work disclosing targeted attacks has been featured by media outlets such as The Guardian, The Washington Post, Reuters, Bloomberg, and The Intercept. The Mobile Surveillance Monitor project is sponsored by the US Open Technology Fund and is used by investigators in over 20 countries.
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The Network Effect of Telecommunications Vulnerabilities for Location Disclosure
This report provides a comprehensive guide to geolocation-related threats sourced from 3G, 4G, and 5G network operators. Case studies, references, examples, and evidence are provided to give a complete and contextual understanding of mobile network-based location tracking in order to formulate policies and actions that protect civil society from current and future geolocation surveillance.
You Move, They Follow
Uncovering Iran’s Mobile Legal Intercept System
A confidential source sent the online news organization, The Intercept, a series of internal documents and communications providing details on what appear to be plans to develop and launch an Iranian mobile network, including subscriber management operations and services, and integration with a legal intercept solution. Some of this communication included representatives of the Communications Regulatory Authority of Iran (CRA). In October 2022, The Intercept shared this material with Citizen Lab researchers for analysis. The following report provides a summary of our analysis of this material and discusses its wider implications.
