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Threat of foreign eavesdropping devices

Eavesdropping devices and bugs on sale in Japan.

High tech electronic eavesdropping devices are sold openly in many foreign countries. They are easily obtained by anyone traveling on business or on vacation. These devices pictured were on sale in a small shop in Japan. Most of them are illegal to sell or use in the U.S.

If you have business associates traveling overseas, whether competitors or within your own company, they could bring back devices that could seriously hurt your business. Transmitters could be hidden within gifts or ordinary devices.

We have the electronic tools and techniques that can locate such devices, even when they are hidden or sealed inside other objects.

Charles Patterson2016-12-16T20:24:06-05:00July 29th, 2012|

In the news: FBI’s New Campaign Targets Corporate Espionage

reported from: The Wall Street Journal, by Evan Perez
WASHINGTON—The Federal Bureau of Investigation’s spy hunters usually shy away from drawing attention. But they’re hoping the public takes notice of a new campaign trying to stop foreign spies from stealing trade secrets from U.S. companies.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation’s spy hunters usually shy away from drawing attention. But they hope the public takes notice of a new campaign to stop foreign spies from stealing U.S. trade secrets. Evan Perez has details on The News Hub. Photo: FBI.

The FBI, which is responsible for investigating breaches by foreign intelligence agencies, Friday will unveil billboards in nine cities around the country with the message: Protect America’s Trade Secrets. The billboards direct the public to a section of the FBI website where the bureau provides warning signs to look for in the cubicle next to you.
Behind the campaign is the government’s view […]

Exec Security2012-07-29T16:04:30-04:00July 29th, 2012|

In the news: Australia’s First Corporate Spy School Breaks Cover

Security 2012 Exhibition, to be held from July 25 – 27 at the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre, today announced that it will feature Australia’s first Corporate Spy School, developed by Specialist Corporate Intelligence Agency (SCIA). SCIA’s Corporate Spy School will offer businesses and government agencies a range of tailored trainings and seminars on corporate espionage and risk management.

With rapid advancements in technology, security is becoming a major concern for businesses who play a cat and mouse game with tech-savvy fraudsters. According to PWC’s sixth Global Economic Crime Survey, cybercrime now ranks as one of the top four economic crimes, and 56 per cent of respondents said the most serious fraud was an ‘inside job’. Reputation damage, loss of intellectual property and bankruptcy can be some of the serious consequences of cyber crime in the corporate sector.

For the Corporate Spy School training courses, SCIA will draw on its extensive experience […]

Exec Security2012-07-24T22:48:41-04:00July 24th, 2012|

Communications Security and Eavesdropping Countermeasures

Protection of information and communications is critical in today’s business world. We will be updating our blog regularly with news, information, and advice to help you strengthen your information infrastructure.
Please contact us directly if you have questions regarding your own privacy needs or specific situations.

Charles Patterson, President
Patterson Communications, Inc.
New York

Charles Patterson2016-12-16T20:24:06-05:00July 23rd, 2012|

Opposition leader accuses Kremlin of bugging his phone

BY ANDREW OSBORN, DAILY TELEGRAPH DECEMBER 21, 2011

Boris Nemtsov, one of Russia’s main opposition leaders, has accused Kremlin agents of illegally bugging his phone after a newspaper released embarrassing recordings of his private phone calls.
The material was potentially damaging for Nemtsov, one of the principal organizers of a recent spate of anti-Kremlin protests, as he can be heard insulting his fellow opposition leaders in obscene terms and belittling his own supporters as “Internet hamsters” and “scared penguins.”
A deputy prime minister in the 1990s and a founder of the opposition Solidarity movement, Nemtsov claimed the release of the recordings was a cynical Kremlin attempt to sabotage a big opposition protest planned for Christmas Eve by triggering internal squabbling among its organizers.
“Parts of these conversations are really genuine,” he wrote in his blog.
“Others are spliced together material and others are false. The aim of this provocation is obvious: to […]

Exec Security2016-12-16T20:24:06-05:00April 29th, 2012|