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A successful phishing attempt was made by someone impersonating a popular YouTube creator. A fake email address, pretending to be the popular electronics reviewer was used to request confidential information from an electronics manufacturer. Learn more about how this happened.
A past Superbowl ad highlights insider problems that often affect information security.
TSCM is closely related to cyber security and penetration testing, but often bridges other aspects of security as well.
Pen Testing is a valuable part of security tests and is conducted by many corporations on a regular basis. Two pen-testers who worked for Coalfire Labs, a security firm based in Colorado, had been arrested after entering an Iowa county courthouse in September, 2019. The charges against the testers were finally dropped after more than five months.
Are IoT devices vulnerable to laser modulation? Destin from YouTube channel Smarter Every Day took up the task of meeting with researcher Ben Cyr, then going to Best Buy and obtaining and setting up a number of smart home devices (locks, garage door opener, thermostat). They then put them to the test with modulated laser beams.
The "Spy Van" of former Israeli Intelligence Officer, Tal Dilian, which came to light when he granted an interview to Forbes magazine has now caused a stir in Cyprus, where Dilian resides. The authorities there did not like the idea of someone offering such spying capabilities on their island.
Everyone has at least some fear or concern that their cell phone may be vulnerable to some form of hacking or cyber attack.
This past week, a number of people (168,149 to be exact) surely thought that may have been the case when odd text messages -from them- started showing up on other peoples’ phones.
Ex-boyfriends, ex-girlfriends, bosses, relatives, and others received a number of text messages this past Wednesday that were not sent by the person labeled as the sender. Or at least, not sent recently…
Apparently, a server managed by Syniverse, and used by ALL major cellular carriers, had a failure back in February, 2019, on Valentine’s Day no less. The failure went uncorrected until November 7 when it was brought back online. All the messages were then sent. “Better late than never” does not necessarily apply when it comes to texts.
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The FBI has produced a video series as well as provided other tools and resources in an initiative called "Protected Voices". The initiative focuses on information security concerns that should be addressed by political campaigns, companies, and individuals. Even though the emphasis is on protecting the election process, much of the information applies to all types of information and cyber security threats faced by companies today.
Cisco Aironet critical flaw. | Man sentenced for phishing celebrities | Key-copying kiosks pose new threat | Hackers help track down missing persons.
Sounding much like a John le Carré novel, the COO of Credit Suisse resigns after a failed spy operation on a former execuitve, and the contractor who hired the spies commits suicide.
Neil Gerrard, the global co-chair of Dechert’s lucrative white-collar crime practice, claims that corporate investigators from Diligence International have committed various torts connected to the alleged spying, including trespass and misuse of private information. He is reportedly seeking £100,000 in damages.
In the Conversations in Close Protection podcast by Chuck Randolph and Chris Story, they recently interviewed Bob Nichols, head of NSA-Global Security Consultants, and discussed his incredible experience during the 2008 terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India. Bob and his security team were out to dinner but quickly found themselves in the middle of the terrorist attack. His story of how his team reacted and helped lead a number of other guests to safety is worth listening to by everyone in the security and protection fields.
Cameras and surveillance devices end up in the darndest places.
A spy camera was found in a meeting room in the National Palace, President López Obrador revealed Thursday morning.
During a daily news briefing Lopez Obrador said the device had been found in a meeting room in the National Palace, his headquarters.
“A few days ago, in one of the rooms in our offices, a sophisticated camera was found, one of those little-bitty ones, they were recording us,” he said in his morning address. “In a room here in the palace, not in my office, but one of the rooms where we have meetings.”
“He who owes nothing fears nothing,” said the president, who says he was not troubled by the discovery.
President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, holds a tiny camera he says was being used to spy on his meetings, during his morning news conference […]
A revealing look at a former Israeli Intelligence officer and multi-millionaire spy-tech dealer. Head of company Intellexa, makers of WiSpear, long-range wifi interception software, Tal Dilian opens up to show off his $9mil surveillance van and discuss the spy-tech industry for Forbes magazine.
Recent incidents serve as a warning- recording devices are easily secreted in a variety of places and can be very difficult to find. All someone needs is access to the target location. This could include employees, executives, cleaners, contractors, former employees who may still have access, or even the public at large...
USB sticks are a major insider threat concern, but usually for either copying and stealing confidential files or possibly installing malware onto a computer or network. This case involves a USB stick designed deliberately to destroy computers. A former student of College of St. Rose in Albany, NY purchased a "USB Killer" thumb drive. It is a device adapted to convert USB voltage to higher levels and feed it back into the computer thereby destroying at least the USB port and possibly much more.
Colombia’s prosecutor general has launched an investigation into the possible eavesdropping of the Constitutional Court that complained about possible bugs and wiretaps earlier this week. Colombia’s constitutional court said on Sunday it had been meeting in Club Nogal outside its normal offices citing suspicions that the court’s own offices are bugged and phone lines are being intercepted.
Details have emerged of a recent eavesdropping and bugging operation at a West Palm Beach law firm that reveal classic eavesdropping techniques. Looking at the details, we find some things they did right, and some things they could have handled better.