Detect IMSI Catcher

With X-Systems Detect, you are able to detect IMSI Catcher attacks in your vicinity and protect yourself against cellular eavesdropping, malware, and spyware injections.

Detect IMSI Catcher Attacks ─ with X-Systems

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Detect IMSI Catcher Threats

One of the most overlooked yet powerful attacks is launched using IMSI catchers. These rogue devices do more than just intercept data. They can inject malware and spyware into your mobile device without your knowledge. That’s why having the ability to detect IMSI catcher activity is more essential than ever.

This is exactly where X-Systems Detect comes in. It is a smart, autonomous, and highly effective solution that helps you detect IMSI catcher threats in real time.

More importantly, it provides protection before your device is compromised.

Why is a GSM IMSI Catcher so Dangerous?

An IMSI catcher is a device that mimics a legitimate cell tower. It tricks your device into connecting, and downgrading to 2G GSM.

Once your phone is connected, attackers can intercept communications, track your location, or worse—inject malware.

These devices can operate completely undetected by users. They often exploit older, vulnerable network protocols, especially 2G GSM. On these outdated networks, encryption is weak or nonexistent. This makes it easy for attackers to hijack your connection.

Worse still, attackers can go beyond simple eavesdropping.

They can access your device’s baseband, which is the core layer connecting your phone to the mobile network.

Once inside the baseband, they can inject spyware and malware without triggering any alerts.

Be better protected against Downgrading GSM IMSI Catcher Attacks with the X-Systems Detect !

Why even in 2025 - 2G GSM Makes You a Target

Even in 2025 and beyond, experts expect 2G GSM to remain active until all mobile devices disable it at the baseband level — which may take another decade due to global coverage.

While you and your organization rely on 4G or 5G networks, 2G GSM is still active worldwide. Unfortunately, 2G is inherently insecure. Attackers take advantage of this by performing what’s known as a “2G downgrade attack.”

In such an attack, your device is silently downgraded from 5G or 4G to 2G. Once that happens, the IMSI catcher can launch a baseband-level intrusion. Your phone doesn’t alert you. No notifications. No warnings.

X-Systems Detect ─ it can detect IMSI catcher attempts before your device connects to a rogue base station.

How X-Systems Detect IMSI Catcher Threats

X-Systems Detect, continuously monitors your cellular environment. It does this autonomously, without the need for user input.

As soon as it detects any suspicious activity, you get notified instantly.

This includes:

Sudden downgrades to 2G GSM
Presence of unauthorized or rogue base stations
Cellular anomalies linked to malware injection

By detecting IMSI catchers in real time, you gain valuable seconds to protect yourself. You can switch to airplane mode, power down, or leave the area. That small window of time can prevent a major security breach.

Why Android Apps Aren't Enough ?

There are several Android IMSI catcher detector apps available today. However, they operate reactively, not proactively. Most of these apps only alert you after your phone has already connected to a rogue base station.

These apps rely on cell tower anomalies, such as unfamiliar tower IDs. They compare current connections to previously known towers. If a discrepancy is found, they assume there may be an IMSI catcher.

But by then, it’s often too late.

In contrast, X-Systems Detect identifies threats before the connection is made. It doesn’t wait for your phone to be compromised.