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Travel Tips: be wary of free cell phone charging stations.
This was reported a while back, but I was reminded of it while planning for an overseas trip. Airports, convention centers, and many other locations offer free charging stations for attendees or visitors to be able to get an extra boost of power for their cell [...]
How eavesdropping was punished in medieval times
The problem of eavesdropping dates back to the 1370s, according to one historian By Arika Okrent | June 24, 2013, TheWeek.com When people live together in small communities, they can be a great source of comfort and support to each other — but they can also really get [...]
The confessions of Enron executive, Andy Fastow
Understanding what makes people commit criminal acts is one of the first steps in improving security. This is true for physical security and information security as well as financial matters. Employees as well as executives do not always understand where to draw the line. The [...]
Iron Mountain And Shred-It Pay $1.1 Million in Lawsuit Over Failure To Properly Shred Sensitive Government Documents
Honesty is the best policy. Major document shredding firms were misrepresenting their capabilities in order to win contracts. Articles from KNOE.com, the Boston Globe and Boston Business Journal PHILADELPHIA, July 9, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Two of the biggest document-shredding companies in America, Iron Mountain Corporation ("Iron Mountain", NYSE "IRM") and Shred-It USA ("Shred-It"), [...]
Espionage? Moi?
Excerpts from Foreign Policy magazineBY ADAM RAWNSLEY | JULY 1, 2013 Sure, Paris is a hypocrite when it comes to spying. But it isn't alone. If you buy the latest reporting out of Europe, France is outraged, simply outraged, at news that the National Security Agency has [...]
Hidden microphone discovered inside Ecuadorian embassy
Here is one reason regularly scheduled sweeps of offices are important... Daily MailBy HARRIET ARKELL PUBLISHED: 11:19 EST, 3 July 2013 | UPDATED: 11:19 EST, 3 July 2013 A hidden microphone has been found inside the Ecuadorian embassy in London where WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been living for the past [...]
EU orders global sweep of diplomatic missions after US spying reports
Published time: July 01, 2013 16:08 RT.com The European Union has ordered a worldwide security sweep of all its premises following reports US intelligence has bugged its offices in Washington, Brussels and the United Nations. Jose Manuel Barroso, president of the EU's Executive Commission, "has instructed [...]
Spying by US allies on each other is common and expected, Obama suggests
By The Associated Press on July 01, 2013 at 10:20 PM, updated July 01, 2013 at 10:33 PM WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama brushed aside sharp European criticism on Monday, suggesting that all nations spy on each other as the French and Germans expressed outrage over alleged U.S. [...]
James Bond Lotus Esprit submarine from The Spy Who Loved Me up for auction
{this would have been a good deal for Auction Hunters...} Goes under the hammer in September The Lotus Esprit submarine that starred in The Spy Who Loved Me will be going under the hammer at RM Auctions' London auction in September. Dubbed "Wet Nellie," the car was [...]
Wiretap Exemption Blocks Recorded-Call Suit, Omni Hotels
Omni Hotels were recording phone calls for "service observation", that is having the ability monitoring or record calls for quality assurance, as we have all often heard announced at the beginning of a call. In this case Omni was not making that announcement and a [...]