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Tennessee attorney indicted for eavesdropping, secretly recorded conversations

Attorney and his client are accused of leaving a recorder in a place knowing it would be used to secretly listen in on conversations. Court papers also stated they allegedly overheard, recorded, amplified or transmitted part of communication by others without consent. Since this is related to a custody case, after more details emerge we may find out that they had just put a recorder into a child's backpack to record any transgressions by the other parent. This could be a preemptive move by the other side to block any evidence that was obtained by the recording. Be aware of the laws before doing any recording.

Charles Patterson2017-01-12T17:59:50-05:00January 12th, 2017|

Some New Yorker humor (witty-leaks)

The New Yorker magazine has some of the best cartoons around:

https://www.newyorker.com/cartoons/

Exec Security2016-12-16T20:23:33-05:00May 12th, 2016|

France: defending against corporate espionage

France is boosting its fight against corporate espionage after belatedly realising that some of its largest trading partners have been extensively spying on its companies, according to the country’s corporate intelligence chief.

Jean-Baptiste Carpentier, head of the newly created Strategic Intelligence and Economic Security unit, said Paris realised how vulnerable it was […]

Exec Security2016-12-16T20:23:33-05:00May 9th, 2016|

New York’s top court rules that parents can eavesdrop on kids

Ruling could open up admissibility of nanny-cam recordings in courtroom litigation.

Associated Press
ALBANY — Parents can legally eavesdrop on young children if they reasonably believe it would be in the child’s best interest, the state’s highest court ruled Tuesday, establishing an exception to New York law against wiretaps without the consent of […]

Exec Security2016-12-16T20:23:34-05:00April 6th, 2016|

History: Police vs Phone Company in early 1900’s Chicago

The following is from the Chicago Tribune:

Long before iPhones, cops battled phone use in fight against gambling

It’s probably safe to assume that shortly after man first harnessed the power of fire, someone committed the first act of arson. And so it has gone with every great innovation in history. Great leaps of technology […]

Exec Security2016-12-16T20:23:34-05:00March 14th, 2016|

The sounds of a 3D printer at work can be reverse engineered- big implications for industrial espionage

Your 3D printer is telling people what it’s making

From: cnet.com: In research demonstrating that industrial espionage may be as simple as opening a recording app on your smartphone, a team led by Professor Mohammad Al Faruque at the University of California at Irvine has shown that it is possible to reconstruct a 3D model based […]

Exec Security2016-03-04T18:41:02-05:00March 4th, 2016|

Netherlands: Security Service caught spying on lawyers 13 times.

Intelligence and security service AIVD unjustly spied on communications between lawyers and clients 13 times between February 2014 and March 2015, according to the annual report by the CTIVD, the committee responsible for supervising the Dutch intelligence and security services, RTL Nieuws reports.

In July last year a court in […]

Charles Patterson2016-12-16T20:23:34-05:00February 10th, 2016|

Smart objects in your home

The CES, Consumer Electronics Show always brings some new devices worth paying attention to.

Here are a few new “smart” devices reviewed by cnet. It’s worth paying attention to all the new gadgets that can be controlled by your smart phone- make sure your phone is always under your control and never gets in the wrong hands!

Smarter […]

Exec Security2016-12-16T20:23:38-05:00January 6th, 2016|

Insider cyber security threats increasingly worrisome to corporate security execs

John Mello reports in TechNewsWorld

Security Execs Sweat Insider Threats

Insider threats are becoming increasingly worrisome to corporate security executives. That is one of the findings in a survey of C-level business people Nuix released last week.

“The insider threat seems to be a bigger concern this year than […]

Exec Security2016-12-16T20:23:38-05:00January 6th, 2016|

Stories of a spy, Hugh Montgomery, 63 years in the CIA

Ambassador Hugh Montgomery is considered one of the founding fathers of the CIA after serving 63 years in the agency. Recruited as an OSS officer, Montgomery recounts his most harrowing and memorable experiences behind enemy lines.

Exec Security2016-12-16T20:23:38-05:00December 1st, 2015|

Did Anti-Francis Cabal Plant a Spy in the Vatican?

The Daily Beast reports:

VATICAN CITY — For many inside the Vatican, Francesca Immacolata Chaouqui was trouble from the start. The willowy 32-year-old brunette raised eyebrows almost immediately in 2013 when, at 30, she was handpicked by Pope Francis as the only laywoman on an eight-memberadvisory panel called the Commission for Reference on the Organization […]

Exec Security2016-12-16T20:23:38-05:00November 6th, 2015|

Ohio dispatcher resigns following eavesdropping investigation

from cleveland.com

LORAIN, Ohio — A Lorain police dispatcher handed in her resignation after officials said she eavesdropped on a call between her supervisor and another dispatcher and improperly accessed her co-workers’ schedules.

LeeAnne Failing — who is married to Lorain Police officer Lt. Michael Failing — used her husband’s password to access a feature in […]

Exec Security2016-12-16T20:23:38-05:00November 6th, 2015|

China: Spywatch, keeping an eye on your neighbors, dial 12339 to report a spy.

New York Times reports:

Seen a Spy? With New Hotline, China Invites You to Call It In

To the tangle of emergency phone numbers in China — 110 for the police, 119 for fire, 120 for ambulance — add another: dial 12339 to report a spy.

The spy hotline made its debut in […]

Exec Security2016-12-16T20:23:38-05:00November 2nd, 2015|

Deutsche Telekom gets into TSCM, emphasizing the seriousness of eavesdropping and wiretap protection.

from telecompaper.com, Netherlands, 11/2/1015

Deutsche Telekom offers wiretapping protection for companies

Deutsche Telekom announced that it is helping companies to protect sensitive information with specialist technicians screening offices and conference rooms for eavesdropping technology and weak spots. X-rays of harmless-looking objects such as coffee pots, telephones and PC mouses are taken. The system examines USB […]

Exec Security2015-11-02T13:56:48-05:00November 2nd, 2015|

Espionage in history: How Soviets used IBM Selectric keyloggers to spy on US diplomats

Interesting article from ArsTechnica.com discusses the sophisticated bugging efforts made by the Soviet Union during the Cold War era. The information was revealed in 2012, with the original document published by the NSA available here, from the Center Cryptologic History.

A National Security Agency memo that recently resurfaced a few years after it […]

Exec Security2016-12-16T20:23:39-05:00October 13th, 2015|

Old Israeli spy device found by Lebanese army

Times of Israel reports artificial rock containing camera, four batteries found in town near border; device said to date from before Israel’s withdrawal in 2001.

A device concealed in an artificial rock in the southern Lebanese town of Bani Hayyan. According to the Lebanese Army, the device is an […]

Exec Security2015-10-01T19:05:15-04:00October 1st, 2015|

Philip Morris heiress claims estranged husband hacked her iPhone with spy app

From The Daily Mail

Anne Resnik is the daughter of late Philip Morris CEO Frank Resnik
She claims Crocker Coulson, father of her six-year-old twins, bugged her
Coulson ‘installed mSpy on her iPhone then accused her of cheating’
He then ‘left the app installed for four months until her lawyers found it’
The app […]

Charles Patterson2016-12-16T20:23:39-05:00October 1st, 2015|

Winning at chess- use spy technology and Morse code.

Italian chess player allegedly uses a spy pendant containing a hidden camera to cheat during Italian tournament (www.telegraph.co.uk)

An Italian chess player has been expelled from one of Italy’s most important tournaments after he allegedly used Morse code and a spy pendant containing a hidden camera to communicate with an […]

Exec Security2015-09-11T18:39:16-04:00September 11th, 2015|