Pronounced "im-zee catcher," it logs the phone's International Mobile Subscriber Identity number (IMSI) and functions like a man-in-the-middle attack, relaying voice, text and data traffic between ...

Globe welcomes the Senate's investigation into the illegal trade of IMSI catchers, devices used for SMS spoofing and fraud.

Philippine authorities have arrested a Malaysian national suspected of supplying IMSI catchers — electronic devices used to intercept mobile phone communications and target victims with text scams.