Corporate Espionage and Countermeasures News
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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 [...]
X FACTOR judge Louis Walsh is convinced his dressing room is bugged.
DailyStar Louis Walsh believes that recording gear has been hidden in his room at Wembley Stadium to sabotage his chances. And he is so obsessed about it he makes anyone who comes to see him go into the toilet when they want to talk to him. [...]
Alabama man indicted for installing eavesdropping device.
Baby monitors are at it again Times Daily, Florence, AL, By Tom Smith Senior Staff Writer FLORENCE — Police said a Florence man has been indicted for breaking into his ex-girlfriend's apartment, installing an eavesdropping device and stalking her. Court officials said indictments have been issued [...]
Business travel safety brochure, courtesy of the FBI
The FBI offers a printable two page travel safety brochure with helpful tips for keeping executives safe and secure during international trips. It emphasizes the need to take corporate espionage seriously: Corporate espionage is an increasingly serious threat for a business traveler. The perpetrator may [...]
Darkhotel points to the need for TSCM sweeps to enhance cyber security
The Darkhotel cyber threat highlights the need for corporations to take regular TSCM sweeps seriously. Darkhotel, so named by Kaspersky Labs, is a malware attack that has been operating at least since 2009, focusing on executives visiting hotels especially in Asia. A key element in these reports, [...]
“Here’s looking at you, kid…” Are your web enabled cameras safe? Many are not.
A fairly new website has caused a recent stir. Insecam.com provides links to thousands of webcams around the world. It has been mentioned in recent news reports ranging from Lifehacker and CNET, to the UK Daily Mail, PC World, and more. Vulnerable webcams are not something new, though, [...]
Taiwan political eavesdropping scandal- phone wiring tapped
Audio wiring was found attached to phone terminal block that serviced the Taipei mayoral candidate's office. Some interesting security points are mentioned in the following article: A routine privacy inspection uncovered the extra cable- regular sweeps are important! Telecom technicians verified that conversations from Ko's ninth-floor [...]
Pest control tech arrested for eavesdropping- de-bugger needs to be de-bugged
Red Oak, Iowa, KMAland.com Red Oak Police say 38-year-old Aaron Theodore Johnson was arrested Monday for electronic and/or mechanical eavesdropping, a serious misdemeanor, and felon in possession of a firearm, a class D felony. Johnson is charged in connection with an investigation that began at [...]
Telephone fraud and PBX hacking revisited… “will you accept the charges?”
A recent article in the NY Times caught the attention of some of our clients. It documented an architectural firm in Norcross, Georgia, that had their phone system hacked, resulting in a phone bill for $166,000 over just one weekend. In past ExecSecurity posts we have discussed a [...]
Citigroup security team in Mexico accused of dealing with eavesdropping and fraud
from The New York Times/ Dealbook The accusations read like a pulp thriller:Citigroup employees in Mexico are suspected of pocketing millions of dollars in kickbacks from vendors. And bodyguards for bank executives bought audio recordings of personal phone calls and created shell companies to disguise [...]