See the Cellular Layer Your Security Stack Can't
Your security team already watches networks, endpoints, cameras, doors, vehicles, people and transactions. The cellular environment around all of it is different. It runs on infrastructure you don't own, it sits outside your perimeter, and most security systems never see it.
Is unauthorized cellular infrastructure operating here right now?
Kingfisher is built to answer that question.
Criminals Are Already Using SMS Blasters
Criminals are already using SMS blasters, and DHS has reported activity consistent with rogue base stations near sensitive U.S. facilities.
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has reported that, during pilot tests, DHS detected anomalous activity that appeared to be consistent with rogue technology being used near sensitive facilities such as the White House. Through its National Infrastructure Protection Plan (NIPP) Challenge program, CISA supported a research project that developed an initial algorithm to help identify rogue base stations.1
International law-enforcement cases show the criminal side of the problem. In 2024, New Zealand Police and the Department of Internal Affairs disrupted an SMS-blaster operation. Police said the false cell tower was believed to have sent thousands of scam messages, including around 700 in one night.2 In September 2026, City of London Police reported the sentencing of an offender whose vehicle contained an active SMS-blaster system used to send malicious messages while bypassing normal mobile-network safeguards.3
Would you know if it happened near you?
Two Systems. One Operating Picture.
Kingfisher is the portable detection unit. Each unit monitors the cellular environment, communicates with other Kingfisher units and sends its findings to Kingfisher Watch. A unit provides 6–8 km (about 4–5 miles) of range under appropriate operating conditions and profiles cellular towers and their configurations across 2G–5G in under two minutes.
Kingfisher Watch is the command platform on your own systems. It provides live maps, heatmaps, a SOC dashboard, dispatch and multiple display options.
Kingfisher Watch and all collected data are on your own systems, and you own and control them. Kingfisher units are remote sensors and do not store data. Open APIs feed your SOC.
Kingfisher monitors cellular infrastructure, not individual phones.
Learn more about Kingfisher and Kingfisher Watch.
From Detection to Action
Detect → Profile → See → Decide → Respond
Kingfisher does the field work. Each Kingfisher unit watches the cellular environment around it, shares what it sees with neighboring Kingfisher units and reports its findings.
Kingfisher Watch does the command work. It takes those findings and shows your team the protected area as it is right now. The map shows where activity is occurring, heatmaps help reveal patterns, and the SOC dashboard keeps each event organized for your security team.
The goal is a clear, live view your team can act on, with your data under your control.
Built for Real Missions
Law Enforcement
Add a cellular detection layer to real-time crime centers, major events and public-safety operations.
Military / DoD
Monitor the cellular environment around installations, personnel, training areas and sensitive operations.
Intelligence / Federal
Add cellular visibility around sensitive facilities, protective missions and countersurveillance work.
Corporate Security
Give your global security operations center (GSOC) a view of the layer that cameras, access control and cyber tools miss.
Private Assets / Estates
Extend protection into the cellular environment around residences, estates, vehicles and travel.
Detection, Validation and Localization
Spotting an unusual signal is only the start. A credible system also has to show whether that signal is truly out of place and where it is coming from. Kingfisher treats detection, validation and localization as separate problems. See Profiling and Validation and Kingfisher Network.
Why Kingfisher
Kingfisher is named after the bird known for its ability to precisely locate and capture its target. In the same way, the Kingfisher system identifies, tracks, and exposes rogue cellular systems hiding within legitimate networks targeting unsuspecting victims.
See Whether Kingfisher Fits Your Mission
An evaluation shows how Kingfisher units, coverage and Kingfisher Watch would fit your mission, your geography and the security operation you already run.
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Public Sources
- Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, Location Detection of Rogue Base Stations/IMSI Catchers, NIPP Challenge case study, November 2019.
- New Zealand Police, Op Orca — smishing scam smashed, October 3, 2024.
- City of London Police, Man sentenced following first UK seizure of SMS blaster fraud equipment used to spam members of the public, September 1, 2026.