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New Orleans: PI arrested for installing a tracking device
When the victim believed he was being followed, he made a call to police who asked him to give his car a physical inspection. After he found the device the police detectives arranged to follow him until they saw the private investigator following as well. The GPS technology [...]
The effects of bugging an office, 12 years later, FBI bugger reflects on Phila incident.
A bug in your office could hurt you in many ways. Theft of information is one, but the revelation that the bugging took place can have other ramifications as well. The discovery of an FBI bug in the mayor's office by the Philadelphia Police, may have [...]
Happy 101st Birthday of Hedy Lamarr, and thanks for frequency hopping.
November 9, the Google Doodle (on Google's home page) celebrated the birthday of Hedy Lamarr, born Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler, 9 November 1914 – 19 January 2000. She is most known for being a beautiful movie star, but she was also a talented inventor who [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
Tech alert: Hacking Siri or Google Now through radio waves
Researchers in France have found that by beaming radio waves at the headset wire attached to a smart phone, they can modulate the radio waves to cause the signals in the headset wires to interpret it as voice, thus triggering the voice commands of Siri or [...]
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 [...]
Corporate printer vulnerability via wifi – using drones and a Roomba…
Corporate offices often have centralized printers connected to their wired network for shared printing. That can sometimes be inconvenient so what's a good assistant to do? Run out to the local office supply store to pick up an inexpensive desktop printer. These printers usually have wifi [...]