Corporate Espionage and Countermeasures News
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Ralph Nader: Corporate espionage undermines democracy
Reuters By Ralph Nader Nov 27 (Reuters) - It's not just the NSA that has been caught spying on Americans. Some of our nation's largest corporations have been conducting espionage as well, against civic groups. For these big companies with pliable ethics, if they don't [...]
it was ‘easy to listen to voicemails’, hacking trial hears
"She [Brooks] said that it was so easy to do and she couldn't believe that famous people who have all these advisers did not know they needed to change their pin code to make their voicemail secure". Lisa O'Carroll and Caroline Daviestheguardian.com, Monday 25 November 2013 13.20 EST [...]
Executive bad habits endanger corporate security
PC World By Dave Jeffers, IDG Creative Lab ...According to ThreatTrack Security, top executives play a major, unintentional role in helping hackers breach their companies' defenses. ThreatTrack recently reported the results of a survey of 200 United States-based corporate malware analysts. "Among the issues that malware analysts face: more [...]
Report from Milipol 2013, Paris, France
Entrance to Milipol, Parc des Exposition, Paris, France Milipol is an advanced expo for military, police, and security held every two years in Paris, France, and alternate years in Qatar. Encompassing arms, ammunition, protective equipment, electronics, optics, IT, uniforms, mobility and more for [...]
FBI warns of U.S. government breaches by Anonymous hackers
REUTERS (Reuters) - Activist hackers linked to the collective known as Anonymous have secretly accessed U.S. government computers in multiple agencies and stolen sensitive information in a campaign that began almost a year ago, the FBI warned this week. The hackers exploited a flaw in [...]
Milipol Paris: 18th Worldwide exhibition of internal state security. Nov 19-22, 2013
Milipol is a top level international expo for police and security. It is held every two years in Paris, and now also on alternate years in Qatar. It provides an opportunity to view some of the latest equipment available in fields of security, executive protection, [...]
More Kinds of Corporate Spies Target More Kinds of Trade Secrets
Voice of America, Jim Randle November 05, 2013 Efforts to steal trade secrets from U.S. companies continue at a high level and are hitting new targets, in spite of major efforts to stop such industrial espionage. Losing trade secrets hurts the economy by discouraging investments in the [...]
Insider threats- the dangers within
We've come across a number of articles recently highlighting the spy threats that come from within a company's own employees, a few of these are referenced below. As with all security, some of the biggest threats come from within your own walls. This is particularly [...]
Spy shoes to drones: How U.S. surveillance changed
An article in USA Today reviews the history of spy-dom with an interactive graphic reviewing some devices and techniques from the 1940's through 2013. An important point to remember when considering all forms of technology today, is that the advancements have a cumulative effect, especially when [...]
Trade secrets protection set to get tougher
Performing regular TSCM sweeps is a key element in trade secret protection. If security measures are not being taken to protect your privacy, intercepted or stolen information may not be considered a "trade secret" in court. Legal protection of trade secrets on a state-by-state basis [...]