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Hidden cameras keep on rolling
Discovery of hidden cameras continue to make the news. Here are a few of the latest. While the news media reports on the more sleazy discoveries, they are also popular devices for corporate spies. Most covert video cameras will also record audio making them even [...]
Bugging in history: Ten years ago, a bugging at the mayor’s office shook Philadelphia
This article looks into the bugging of the office of Philadelphia Mayor John Street, discovered on October 7, 2003, after Street had his own sweep team inspect his office. On the eve of the 2003 mayoral election, an FBI bug was discovered in Mayor John F. [...]
Corporate espionage- not new. Lack of awareness- also not new.
Having been working in the security field for over thirty five years, and in the surveillance countermeasures field for more than half of that, I've come to accept the need for protecting information as a given. I'm always surprised when people I would have expected [...]
New audio technology could be an interesting way to pass secret messages…
Dr. Ivan Poupyrev is a Principle Research Scientist for Disney Research in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Among other creative projects, he has developed a method for transferring audio through the human body by modulating an electric charge in the body. The audio cannot be heard unless the charged [...]
Eavesdropping, tax evasion snare divorce attorney
SFGate.com by Bob Egelko, Sept 27, 2013 San Francisco. An East Bay divorce lawyer pleaded guilty Friday to planting a secret listening device in the car of a client's ex-husband, using a private investigator who has admitted setting up drunken driving arrests of men involved [...]
Canadian DND now says no listening devices were found at Nortel building
No bugs found in former Nortel building, Defence officials now sayOttawa Citizen, October 1, 2013 by David Pugliese OTTAWA — The Conservative government says Defence officials have assured it that no listening devices have been found at the former Nortel campus, contradicting previous security concerns raised [...]
Canadian Department of National Defense finds listening devices prior to moving in to former Nortel offices.
Former Nortel offices had listening devices discovered as the Department of National Defense was preparing to move in. Ottawa Citizen, BY DAVID PUGLIESE, September 30, 2013 OTTAWA — Workers preparing the former Nortel complex as the new home for the Department of National Defence have discovered [...]
Ultimo bra tycoon Michelle Mone’s firm accused of bugging potted plant.
Once again, we find surveillance threats coming from within a company's perimeters. Potted plants need to be checked carefully during any office sweep. They make an easy hiding place for eavesdropping devices. In this case, from Scotland, it was the chairman who actually approved the [...]
New Research Reveals Top Tactics Behind Today’s Cyber Attacks: Beware of Trust
IBM Security Intelligence Blog Announcing the IBM X-Force 2013 Mid-Year Trend and Risk Report For over 15 years, IBM X-Force has been tracking trends and emerging threats. Today we released the2013 mid-year trend and risk report which highlights some of our key findings. While vulnerability statistics, attack trends, [...]
London banks attacked by KVM keyboard/video/mouse remote interception.
Two London banks have been attacked by similar means. A KVM switch had been installed into their computer network that allowed remote control of computers via a 3G router. A Santander Bank branch in Southeast London and a Barclays branch in North London were both [...]