Who’s Listening?

Who is listening to your communications? Hopefully your radio traffic is not being played back on TikTok! Recent news articles have shown how a ham radio enthusiast on TikTok has been posting recordings of two-way radio traffic he has overheard.

2024-01-08T10:06:47-05:00January 7th, 2024|

Exploding USB drives!

If you didn't know this before, don't plug an unknown USB drive into your computer... ever! Threats hidden in a USB drive can include malware, fried computers, and now explosives. "Flash drive" takes on a new meaning...

2023-03-27T11:12:51-04:00March 27th, 2023|

School administrator planted “spy pen” in a closed meeting.

Another episode of "Thinking of Eavesdropping? -- Don't Do It!" Throughout the TSCM industry, reports of eavesdropping devices being discovered are often found to have been placed by executives or other trusted individuals who feared that they may be fired or passed over for a promotion. They typically want to know what is going on behind the closed doors of a meeting they were not invited to. This case appears to fall into this category. 

2022-05-07T08:58:12-04:00May 6th, 2022|

Threat watch: “Glowworm” attack using power LEDs

Researchers at Ben Gurion University have demonstrated a new class of TEMPEST attack for intercepting confidential information. Their technique involves recovering sound by analyzing optical emanations from a device’s power indicator LED, specifically in the circuits providing power to various speaker systems. Could your conversations be vulnerable?

2021-08-12T14:44:14-04:00August 12th, 2021|

Corporate Information Security and Privacy Challenges from Covid – 2021 update.

2021 update: originally posted in April of 2020, a year later this article is still very significant. Empty offices and increased work from home creates privacy and information security problems. Meetings once contained in a secure board room have now spread out to executive homes in multiple locations, each one with it's own inherent security vulnerabilities. The need for TSCM sweeps has moved to a new level.

2021-04-29T13:00:04-04:00April 29th, 2021|
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