TelcoChisel

TelcoChisel is an advanced, bootable live Linux operating system purpose-built for cellular security researchers, Software Defined Radio (SDR) engineers, and telecommunications penetration testers.

Eliminating dependency conflicts and driver compilation issues, TelcoChisel delivers an out-of-the-box, carrier-grade laboratory equipped with 88 pre-configured telecommunications security tools across 10 specialized domains.

Built on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat) with the Linux low-latency kernel (`linux-image-lowlatency`), lightweight XFCE4 desktop, and keyboard-driven i3 tiling window manager.

Features

Telecom Security Tools covering SDR, 2G/3G, 4G, 5G, SIM, Wireline, and Baseband
Out-of-the-box SDR Hardware Support (USRP, HackRF, BladeRF, LimeSDR, PlutoSDR, RTL-SDR)
Dedicated 'telcosec-sdr' environment with 10Gbps Ethernet transceiver tuning (MTU 9000, 64MB buffers)
Turnkey 5G SA Core (Open5GS), UERANSIM, and 4G eNodeB simulation stacks
5G Service Based Architecture (SBA) HTTP/2 inspection via mitmproxy & 3GPP OpenAPI specs
Mobile Baseband Firmware Emulation & Diagnostics (FirmWire, QCSuper, SCAT, MTKClient)
Smartcard, APDU Sniffing & eSIM LPA Profile Management (pySim, lpac, SIMtrace 2, OpenSC)
Carrier-Grade Wireline & VoIP Assessment (mausezahn QinQ crafter, voiphopper, rtpbleed, sipsak)
Satellite & 3GPP NTN Real-Time SGP4 Tracking with Gpredict and Doppler compensation
10-Tier Modular Debian Metapackage Architecture at meta.telcosec.net with telcosec-pkg CLI
Low-Latency Real-Time Kernel (linux-image-lowlatency) for sub-millisecond timer resolution
Multi-Boot Profiles: Standard Live, LUKS-Encrypted Persistence, i3 Tiling, and Toram (RAM-only)

Project Samples

TelcoChisel Desktop — XFCE4 & i3 Telecom Security Workstation

RF Spectrum & SDR Suite — GNU Radio, GQRX & USRP Hardware

Core Network & Protocol Analysis — 5G SA, Open5GS & Wireshark

Cellular Baseband & UE Security Auditing CLI Environment

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License

Apache License V2.0

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Additional Project Details

Operating Systems

Linux

Languages

English

Intended Audience

Information Technology, Science/Research, Security, Security Professionals, Telecommunications Industry

User Interface

Console/Terminal, X Window System (X11)

Programming Language

C, C++, Python, Rust, Unix Shell

Related Categories

Unix Shell Telephony Software, Unix Shell Security Software, Unix Shell Penetration Testing Tool, Python Telephony Software, Python Security Software, Python Penetration Testing Tool, C++ Telephony Software, C++ Security Software, C++ Penetration Testing Tool, C Telephony Software, C Security Software, C Penetration Testing Tool, Rust Telephony Software, Rust Security Software, Rust Penetration Testing Tool

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2026-06-18

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