EFForg/rayhunter
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Rust tool to detect cell site simulators on an orbic mobile hotspot
8 mentions on Hacker News by 7 people: 1 story, 7 comments · first 2025-03-06 · latest 2026-10-12
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Yes there absolutely are! The EFF has the Rayhunter project at https://github.com/EFForg/rayhunter - it is basically an IMSI catcher catcher. You install it on a pocket router and it detects typical signatures that IMSI catchers use, for…
comment by oger · 2026-10-12 · in Feds got warrants to use fake cell towers to hunt down Don Lemon's producer -
…the Orbic RC400L, but thanks to community efforts, it can support some other devices as well." https://github.com/EFForg/rayhunter --- OUI Spy "ESP32-S3 multi-mode surveillance-detection board" • Foxhunter — single-target RSSI-proximity…
comment by leetrout · 2026-08-21 · in The coolest anti-surveillance tools at Defcon [video] -
Reference in case anyone's interested: https://github.com/EFForg/rayhunter
comment by FuriouslyAdrift · 2026-01-19 · in There's a hidden Android setting that spots fake cell towers -
whenever this topic comes up, I like to point people to EFF's Rayhunter. https://github.com/EFForg/rayhunter > Rayhunter is a project for detecting IMSI catchers, also known as cell-site simulators or stingrays. It was first designed to…
comment by nickthegreek · 2026-01-08 · in ICE's Tool to Monitor Phones in Neighborhoods -
…type of stories come up, its helpful for someone to post about ieee's rayhunter opensource project. https://github.com/EFForg/rayhunter which pairs nicely with a https://www.amazon.com/Orbic-Verizon-Hotspot-Connect-Enabled...
comment by nickthegreek · 2025-10-07 · in ICE bought vehicles equipped with fake cell towers to spy on phones -
https://github.com/EFForg/rayhunter/
comment by yencabulator · 2025-09-09 · in ICE is using fake cell towers to spy on people's phones -
…out there, especially if you live in one of the places recently targeted by the administration. https://github.com/EFForg/rayhunter/
comment by aduffy · 2025-09-09 · in ICE is using fake cell towers to spy on people's phones -
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Rayhunter – Rust tool to detect cell site simulators on an orbic mobile hotspotstory by stefankuehnel · 2025-03-06 · 18 comments