Iridium Satellite Decoding Part 2: The Tutorial That Goes Over Your Head, Literally!

Recently I experienced an influx of emails in my inbox requesting help with Iridium decoding. So, I thought I would throw together a one or two part series on how to get started with receiving L-band signals from Iridium satellites using relatively cheap hardware and a couple of free software tools for Linux.

Iridium! It is a low earth orbiting constellation of communication satellites providing voice and data services to the surface of the Earth. Typical applications of the Iridium network are satellite phones and internet connectivity for aircraft and marine vessels.

Towards the end of the video, I demonstrate the ability to decode Iridium voice and SMS transmissions. But, be sure to watch the entire video, because there is heaps of other cool data we can extract with Iridium-Toolkit!

SOFTWARE: DragonOS FocalX R35 - Iridium-Toolkit - PyPy3- GoogleEarth- #Wireshark/#TShark

#Iridium #Interception #Hacking #LBand

Systematic Security Analysis of the Iridium Satellite Radio Link

The first comprehensive security analysis of Iridium’s authentication and radio link
protocols. We reverse engineer Iridium’s SIM-based authentication mechanism and demonstrate that the secret key can be extracted from the SIM card, enabling full device cloning
and impersonation attacks. nearly all signaling and radio communication protocols currently in use lack encryption,resulting in the exposure of sensitive information in cleartext over the air such as login
credentials and large volumes of personal data.

We develop custom (SDR)tools to carry out spoofing and jamming attacks, revealing that modestly equipped adversaries can inject falsified messages or disrupt.the Iridium service locally due to the absence of source authentication. Our findings uncover systemic vulnerabilities in
the Iridium radio link and highlight the urgent need for users of critical applications to transition to more secure communication radio links.

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