Corporate Espionage and Countermeasures News
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Future watch: iPhone with laser beams, 3D mapping, more…
Consumer technology eventually encroaches on ideas that were only dreamed of in the past. Developments come quickly these days, so it's worthwhile to keep an eye on where things are going. An eavesdropping technique that has been difficult to deploy in the past, could also be built [...]
NSA tools highlight the need for Cyber Security and TSCM to work together.
Pages leaked from the supposed National Security Agency - Advanced Network Technology (NSA-ANT) catalog reveal eavesdropping and spy technology using advanced wireless communications (revealed in Der Spiegel in 2013 here). Edward Snowden may not be on your Christmas list, and the NSA may or may [...]
Cyber bugs studied used for disaster rescue, real bugs…
by Kelly Dickerson, LiveScience.com Remote-controlled cyborg cockroaches could one day be among the first responders at disaster scenes to help locate survivors. A team of researchers at North Carolina State University has created a swarm of cyborg cockroaches, nicknamed "biobots," that are equipped with microphones [...]
Genie put back in the bottle with $500,000 fine. First ever conviction for cellphone eavesdropping software.
A man who advertised and sold the notorious StealthGenie mobile-phone spyware has pleaded guilty to federal charges, earning himself a $500,000 fine, the Department of Justice said Tuesday. Hammad Akbar, a Danish citizen originally from Pakistan, was arrested in September and charged with advertisement and [...]
Top Secret History: maps printed on silk, smuggled in Monopoly games to aid prisoners of war
Wall tiles and Free Parking: escape and evasion maps of World War II By Debbie Hall, Mapforum.com Waddington PLC, the printing company best known for its games including Monopoly, was involved in a most unusual venture during the Second World War: printing maps on silk, [...]
NC: City Hall installs cameras AND listening devices.
Southport, NC, City Hall appears proud to have a new security system- 8 cameras AND listening devices. I guess they may have not paid attention to problems other city offices have faced around the country. University of California Police Department and Nelson, NH City Hall are [...]
Pennsylvania “All Party Consent” rule stops judge, alleges eavsedropping
Are recording systems running in your conference rooms? Make sure you treat recordings responsibly and know your laws. Microphones can be very sensitive, picking up unintended conversations. A courtroom in Stroudsburg, PA has a sensitive recording system in place, but Pennsylvania is one of the few (12) states [...]
UC Police say bosses eavesdropped on them
Take-away: if you have a video system that also records audio, then you'd better make sure all of your employees have agreed to be monitored, or else disable the audio. Whether or not the UC police surveillance system was used nefariously, once people (especially the [...]
CIA has a new clue to it’s own personal puzzle.
from WIRED magazine, 11/20/2014 In 1989, the year the Berlin Wall began to fall, American artist Jim Sanborn was busy working on his Kryptos sculpture, a cryptographic puzzle wrapped in a riddle that he created for the CIA’s headquarters and that has been driving amateur [...]
Australia: Obama strips down entire hotel floor to search for bugs and listening devices
Hotels can be fertile ground for eavesdropping. Security teams for executives as well as politicians should consider hotel TSCM sweeps to be part of their standard protocol especially when important meetings are planned. Brisbane, Australia, via DailyMail, Nov 9, 2014 U.S. security officials have stripped [...]