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History: Spy radios, hacking when it counts.
World War II can be thought of as the first electronic war. Radio technology was firmly established commercially by the late 1930s and poised to make huge contributions to the prosecution of the war on all sides. Radio was rapidly adopted into the battlefield, which led to advancements in miniaturization and ruggedization of previously bulky and fragile vacuum tube gear. Radios were soon being used for everything from coordinating battlefield units to detonating anti-aircraft artillery shells.
Hidden camera application, catching a marriage proposal with RingCam
Covert cameras come in many shapes and sizes, allowing the recording of many private moments, often inappropriate. This one may not be so bad, though. Ring Cam is a covert camera installed in a box that will also hold an engagement ring.
U.S. spy services involved in Rio Olympics security
More Than 1,000 U.S. Spies Protecting Rio Olympics from NBCNews.com U.S. intelligence has assigned more than 1,000 spies to Olympic security as part of a highly classified effort to protect the Rio 2016 Summer Games and American athletes and staff, NBC News has learned. Hundreds [...]
Wireless keyboard eavesdropping threat
Security researcher Marc Newlin, of Bastille Networks, has revealed a security hole in a number of wireless keyboards and mice. They dubbed the hacking tool "KeySniffer". The vulnerability can allow a hacker to eavesdrop on everything being entered from confidential text to passwords or financial information. [...]
Anti-Spy-Phone attachment being developed by Snowden and Huang
Edward Snowden and Andrew Huang are designing a device to help protect smartphones from eavesdropping. Whether you are a journalist worried about government control, or anyone with confidential conversations, their idea could help protect your phone. Edward Snowden expressed the concern that sophisticated malware could control your phone to make [...]
Old spy techniques still apply- homing pigeons and shortwave radio code numbers.
New technology always presents new challenges for combating espionage, but the old techniques don't go away and continue to be used. Recent news regarding ISIS and North Korean spycraft points to this. Jordanian security forces capture homing pigeon delivered by ISIS [Jerusalem Post] In a press conference that [...]
Tech alert: Manipulating phone commands by distorted audio and radio transmission.
Techniques that can hijack "always listening" features. by Charles Patterson The introduction of voice recognition to numerous devices and phone apps adds a new security element to consider. Google Now ("OK Google"), Siri, Cortana, and the Amazon Echo are working their way into our lives. Can voice control [...]
First rule of Spy Club- Don’t post about it on social media!
Russian FSB graduates party and post it online. Don't post it! This could be said for many jobs, professions, and organizations. If the work you do has any confidentiality to it, don't go posting social media updates unless you are sure it's public knowledge. And if you've had a [...]
Motivation for becoming a spy.
From a recent interview published at pri.org. What would it take to turn you into an informer against your country? For Gregory Allen Justice, a Boeing engineer from Culver City, California, arrested by the FBI last week on espionage charges, the answer appears to have been $3,500. [...]
Defense Contractor Arrested on Spy Charges Involving Satellites
Report from military.com LOS ANGELES -- A California man charged with allegedly attempting to sell sensitive information used in military and commercial satellites to the Russians was ordered jailed without bail Friday. Gregory Allen Justice of Culver City was arrested Thursday by FBI agents. Authorities [...]