eSIM issues, satellite security, and the longstanding SS7 protocol will be key cybersecurity themes this year, according to cybersecurity firm SecurityGen, which picked a handful of important issues in a recent webinar. “The eSIM, a digital SIM profile that is downloaded to the user equipment, has a lot of benefits. It provides flexibility to the user, but remote provisioning is expanding the attack surface,” said Mohammad Al-kayed, Senior Presales Consultant for the MENA Region at SecurityGen. Last year had some notable SIM and eSIM security events, such as the SIM farm unearthed in New York near the United Nations HQ and a so-called “SIM cartel” dismantled in October. In September last year, the US Secret Service made a huge splash…