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SA: Accusations of Espionage and Sabotage in Tobacco Industry
JOHANNESBURG - Small manufacturers in the tobacco industry have taken on big business, accusing multi-national cigarette companies of corporate espionage and sabotage, and claiming to have the evidence to prove it. The Fair Trade Independent Tobacco Association (Fita) says its lawyers have made contact with [...]
More cameras with audio… Employees at Massachusetts company face felony wiretapping charges
BOSTON -- Three employees at Wyman-Gordon company in Grafton, Massachusetts, are facing felony wiretapping charges for setting up a hidden camera with audio to record their coworker inside their workplace, reports CBS Boston. As the investigative team at CBS Boston first reported in November, the [...]
Late Broward Hospital CEO feared his office was bugged
A private investigator claims Nabil El Sanadi, MD, the late president and CEO of Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based Broward Health who killed himself Jan. 24, hired him last spring for an investigation into the public system that led to FBI involvement, according to a Sun Sentinel [...]
MA: Cell phone smuggled into grand jury murder investigation
A woman's cell phone was slipped into the pocket of a witness in a grand jury murder investigation, recording the proceedings. During a pre-testimony interview, a female witness found out there was a cell phone in her jacket pocket that had been set to record. [...]
More cameras with audio: Hidden camera in county break room concerns employees
Posting a sign may not be enough- especially if you are recording audio. This judge thought it was ok to record people because "...she got a tip that officials were discussing county business in the break room" and she believed those conversations should be public. Do [...]
IoT threats- what about your copy machine?
Be careful what you click on- emails from your fax or copy machine coming through? could be dangerous. If you have printed or faxed documents coming via email, be sure you know what YOUR machine headers should look like. Same is true for voicemail. Most phone [...]
NJ: Cameras recording audio put chief in hot water
The security company who installed the cctv claims the audio was turned on by accident, possibly after a reboot (?), but the real issue is the chief deleted all the evidence. Word to the wise: check your cctv system- don't record audio. EDISON — On [...]
Foreign Espionage Alive and Well and Profitable
The Espionage Economy: U.S. firms are making billions selling spyware to dictators. from Foreign Policy.com Ricardo Martinelli resides in a condo at the Atlantis, a luxury high-rise on Florida’s Biscayne Bay made famous by the TV series Miami Vice. A hefty, white-haired billionaire, Martinelli, 63, was [...]
The woman in charge of the FBI’s most controversial high-tech tools
The Washingon Post In the aftermath of the shooting rampage in San Bernardino, FBI teams recovered computer hard drives, flash drives and crushed cellphones left by the attackers. They flew the evidence to technical sleuths at a special FBI facility in Northern Virginia. At the same [...]
Securing the corporate AV system
A number of years ago we began to see corporate AV systems using WiFi control for a number of their components. During our Cyber TSCM wifi inspections we often find unsecured routers appearing in conference room AV racks. These routers are not usually connected to the corporate network. That may [...]