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Hackers or anyone with a sound knowledge about internet software and applications can eavesdrop on your personal data if they are using the same public Wi-Fi connection as you are...
A new microchip roughly the size of a grain of sand that has the potential to glide across great distances is being touted as a breakthrough for aerial surveillance.
Collaborating scientists from institutions including Northwestern University in the United States and Soongsil University in Korea have created what they believe are the world's smallest ever "human-made flying structures", which can be fitted with microchips and sensors and have the capacity to transmit data remotely.
The microchips can be dropped from the sky and potentially used to monitor environmental impacts and the spread of disease.The researchers, who published their findings today in the journal Nature. more
After the NFL’s Spygate controversy, involving the New England Patriots illicitly recording the defensive signals of the New York Jets in 2007, NFL fans and pundits alike struggled to answer a lingering question: Were the Patriots the only team spying on their opponents or was espionage a commonplace activity in the NFL?
Everyone had an opinion, but few could offer more than a gut feeling to back up their claims and for good reason...
Well, that was before. Spies on the Sidelines shines a light on the shadowy world of NFL espionage and exposes the full range of collection techniques teams use to spy on their opponents, as well as the defensive countermeasures that are used to defend against these threats. more
From Goldfinger to No Time To Die, Bond has never been far from his Aston Martin DB5. This car has arguably been part of his DNA for over 50 years. Now, an exclusive partnership between Aston Martin, EON Productions and The Little Car Company brings you the Aston Martin DB5 Junior No Time To Die Edition.
Limited production run of 125 vehicles.
Created at 66% scale of the original, with a fully electric powertrain, the DB5 has been reimagined for Bond fans worldwide. As an official Aston Martin model, the No Time To Die edition will pay homage to the rich history of the brand with Silver Birch paintwork, Smiths instruments, and individually numbered chassis plates. Complete with Aston Martin and 007 badging, this car is unmistakably Bond.
The DB5 Junior is designed to offer seating for an adult and child
side by side, to allow all generations of Bond fans to share the love of
driving. more
What is Pegasus?
Is Pegasus a hacking software
or spyware? It is pipped as the best version of both worlds that was
developed, marketed, and licensed to governments around the world by the
Israeli company NSO Group. This is because of the intrusive nature it
possesses where it can infect and silent surveillance on billions of
phones running either iOS or Android operating systems.
Pegasus was first discovered in 2016 in a group of mobile devices which were infected via a spear phishing campaign which tricked users into clicking on malicious links which would install the spying software. However, recent versions of the spyware are much more sophisticated and require zero interaction from the victim for delivery and execution.
How it works?
The
spyware executes via a zero-click exploit. This means that a victim
does not need to interact with the initial delivery vector of the
spyware for the malicious code to be executed. The victim receives a
message on SMS, WhatsApp, iMessage or any other messaging application.
As soon as the message is received the spyware is executed and all
traces of the message are deleted. This implies that the user’s device
will be infected with the spyware, without the user being aware of even
receiving any suspicious message. more
Is it a bird?
Is it a plane?
It's a raven swooping on a drone attempting to make a delivery to a Canberran craving caffeine.
Key points:
A battle for aerial dominance is emerging as nesting season coincides with a surge in demand for drone deliveries during Canberra's lockdown.
Drone delivery service operator Wing has paused flights in the northern suburb of Harrison while bird experts assess the behaviour of local ravens to ensure their welfare is safeguarded. more
His posts on body hacks have gone viral and include a range of tricks and trips.
He also revealed how you can get rid of hiccups. more
Of course, none of this is new – we’ve been writing about it for aeons now. But because so much time has lapsed since this story initially broke in SA, perhaps a recap is in order.
Years ago, BAT took off the gloves in a bid to claw back market share from competitors who emerged selling the same product, but cheaper.
BAT’S strategy was simple: disrupt its competitors to the point of making it impossible for them to operate.
To do this, BAT relied on a security firm — Forensic Security Services (FSS) — to co-ordinate activities, under the guiding hand of British American Tobacco SA’s (BAT SA’s) anti-illicit trade head. But it also used a series of in-place “agents” at its competitors’ businesses even as it co-opted law enforcement agencies and deployed a shared agent with the State Security Agency (SSA): triple agent and honey trap Belinda Walter.
All of this was monitored from BAT’s global headquarters, Globe House in London.
One
former employee explained it as follows: “Our primary work description
was to spy on competitors and disrupt business operations on behalf of
BAT SA, [which] was fully aware that FSS was obtaining information
illegally, and these (sic) included obtaining recorded conversations.” more
As a result of the global pandemic, millions of employees are working
from home, with many teams turning to group calling methods to ensure
business continuity. However, enterprises and government officials
around the world are increasingly being targeted by coordinated
eavesdropping attacks. SecuSUITE protects these individuals against
identity spoofing, metadata harvesting and communications interceptions,
which can compromise sensitive discussions and major operations. more infographic
https://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/how-recover-your-hacked-email-or-social-media-account
https://www.kaspersky.com/resource-center/threats/what-to-do-if-your-email-account-has-been-hacked
https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/6294825?hl=en
https://www.csoonline.com/article/3617849/15-signs-youve-been-hacked-and-how-to-fight-back.html
The complaint alleged that SpyFone’s apps provided real-time access to the data of smartphone owners through a hidden device hack that allowed others, including stalkers and domestic abusers, to track the smartphones on which the apps were installed. In addition, SpyFone’s lax security measures, including storing sensitive information without encryption, exposed consumers to hackers and other cyber threats, including through a 2018 breach of SpyFone’s servers in which the personal information of 2,200 consumers was accessed and stolen.
Under the terms of the proposed consent order, SpyFone will disable its stalkerware apps and destroy all personal information collected through these apps. more
The tech giant's security note for iOS 14.8 and iPadOS 14.8 says: "Processing a maliciously crafted PDF may lead to arbitrary code execution. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited." Apple also released WatchOS 7.6.2, MacOS Big Sur 11.6 and a security update for MacOS Catalina to address the vulnerability.
The fix, earlier reported by The New York Times,
stems from research done by The Citizen Lab, a public interest
cybersecurity group that found a Saudi activist's phone had been
infected with Pegasus, NSO Group's best-known product. According to
Citizen Lab, the zero-day zero-click exploit against iMessage, which it
nicknamed ForcedEntry, targets Apple's image rendering library and was
effective against the company's iPhones, laptops and Apple Watches. more
“Cobalt’s technology increases the number of exploitable drone
signatures for detection and tracking,” said Dr. Jeff Randorf, DHS
S&T engineering advisor and SBIR topic manager. “As more 5G mmWave
transceivers are deployed in city centers, the ability to detect and
track drones in complex urban geometries becomes easier, while not
contributing to an already crowded radio frequency spectrum.” more
While 5G addresses security issues in previous-generation wireless
networks, for example with enhanced encryption, anti-tracking,
anti-spoofing and network slicing features, security holes
cybercriminals could potentially exploit have been identified. Some of
the security vulnerabilities detected early on were linked to
previous-generation networks loopholes. These included ones that allowed
attackers to expose a user's location, downgrade their service to a
less secure legacy that was more easily attacked, run up costly wireless
bills and track users’ activities. more
...the real danger here isn’t to your data — it’s the fact that you’re
walking around wearing barely perceptible spy glasses, taking videos and
photos of anyone you want, likely without them noticing...
If the idea of camera sunglasses seems familiar, perhaps that’s because it sounds like Snapchat Spectacles, which launched in 2016. In what I can only imagine is a loving tribute, Facebook has named its camera sunglasses “Stories” after the other signature product that Facebook/Instagram lifted from Snapchat. more
Not as dorky as past creepy-peepies, these glasses may not be recognized as spy glasses at first glance. (Maybe a Buddy Holly or Maurice Moss meets Zuck mash-up instead.) In fact, "Facebook says it's a violation of the Terms of Service to cover up the
light that comes on when you're recording." Right, like that's gonna work. Additionally, "Facebook is discussing building facial recognition into its upcoming smart glasses product..." What could possibly go wrong? more
If you're worried about privacy, it might be time to cover up your front door's peephole.
Being able to see inside a closed room was a skill once reserved for super heroes. But researchers at the Stanford Computational Imaging Lab have expanded on a technique called non-line-of-sight imaging so that just a single point of laser light entering a room can be used to see what physical objects might be inside...
It’s an incredibly clever technique, and one day it could be a very useful technology for devices like autonomous cars that would potentially be able to spot potential hazards hidden around corners long before they’re visible to passengers in a vehicle, improving safety and obstacle avoidance...
The research could one day provide a way for police or the military to assess the risks of entering a room before actually breaking down the door and storming their way inside, using nothing but a small crack in the wall or a gap around a window or doorway. more
Doctors, scientists, intelligence agents and government officials have all been trying to find out what causes "Havana syndrome" - a mysterious illness that has struck American diplomats and spies. Some call it an act of war, others wonder if it is some new and secret form of surveillance - and some people believe it could even be all in the mind. So who or what is responsible?
It often started with a sound, one that people struggled to describe. "Buzzing", "grinding metal", "piercing squeals", was the best they could manage.
...Havana syndrome first emerged in Cuba in 2016. The first cases were CIA officers, which meant they were kept secret. But, eventually, word got out and anxiety spread...
Uncovering the truth has now become a top US national security priority -
one that an official has described as the most difficult intelligence
challenge they have ever faced. more history
A press release from China’s National Space Science Center suggests the vehicle, called the “Mars cruise drone,” has passed acceptance and will presumably advance to the next stage of development. Eventually, the Chinese aerial drone could make it to Mars, where it will patrol the landscape and further China’s exploration of the Red Planet. To that end, the Mars cruise drone will be equipped with a spectrometer for performing aerial surveys and for studying the Martian geology. more
The Director General of Mi5 noted in his annual threat update hostile states seeking to spy on certain governments is as old as the hills. Nevertheless, it still happens, and it still matters. Hostile States utilising someone on the ‘inside’ to acquire privileged information makes their job so much easier. Recently we have seen media coverage of a security officer at the British Embassy in Berlin arrested on suspicion of acting on behalf of a foreign intelligence agency.
This blog serves as a reminder that traditional spycraft does exist and importantly provides you with some high-level protective security principles that your organisation should consider. more
“We tested this out in downtown Oakland and were able to trigger payloads at over 1 mile,” he added...
...the new cables now have geofencing features, where a user can trigger or block the device’s payloads based on the physical location of the cable. more
These spy cables come in various configurations, including standard USB charging cables. They look exactly like authentic cables. An electronic test can identify a malicious spy cable easily. In fact, you can do it yourself. Click here for instructions.
FL - Pembroke Pines Police said Thursday that the owner of Master Franco’s Taekwondo Academy on Pines Boulevard is facing additional video voyeurism charges. Robert Franco, 64 was already facing charges for placing nanny cameras in the bathroom of his Pembroke Pines facility. more
UK - A vile sexual deviant who snooped on a woman as she got changed at a swimming pool was found to possess 30 more videos of people getting changed - including children... unaware victim was getting changed...when she noticed a towel from the cubicle next to her along with a hidden mobile phone. more
WY - A Casper man (Douglas Michael Dickey) facing accusations that he recorded multiple videos of people using the restroom at a restaurant where he used to work has changed his plea in the case... “Dickey’s face [was] also observed when he started the recording of the video,” detectives write in the affidavit. “Setting up his cell phone by placing it next to the toilet and covering the cell phone from his victims. The videos also showed Dickey wearing his [uniform] and his employee name tag. Each of the videos ended with Dickey looking into the cell phone as he recovered the phone and ended the recording.” more
FL - Former Gulf Breeze Mayor Edward “Ed” Merrill Gray III has been sentenced to five years in state prison for secretly recording teen boys in his shower. more
UK - Louise was nearly six months' pregnant when she spotted something suspicious after having had a massage - a digital clock wired up to a laptop computer. Immediately afterwards Louise - not her real name - searched online for "digital clock, hidden camera". The first result confirmed her worst fears. more
UK - A GREATER Manchester Police employee has today been sentenced for voyeurism in the workplace after secretly filming colleagues on the toilet. more
NY - According to arrest records from Seneca Police...Andrew Ballenger Johns, age 26 of West Union, was booked into jail on a charge of voyeurism... Judge Susan Harris alleged that Johns “knowingly video recorded the victim, a 26-year old female, without her knowledge or consent while she was in a place that she had reasonable expectation of privacy…and that he did position a cell phone set to record inside a bathroom of a residence.” more
N. Ireland - A Belfast-based private tutor is to stand trial over allegations that he secretly recorded a group of schoolgirls, a judge ordered today. more
UK - Cheshire pervert secretly filmed women and young girls on the toilet in pubs...A search at the scene and his home address...revealed 20 video clips of adults being filmed without their knowledge: 16 of which featured men and women using the toilets at Creamfields - where Smith was working and had set up a covert camera... more
LA - Michael Jackson was convicted of video voyeurism and sentenced to 80 years in prison after he was convicted as a habitual offender from a July 2016 arrest. Jackson got caught at a fast-food restaurant sticking a camera under a bathroom stall to film females. The registered sex offender had multiple other convictions on his record. more
Mauritius - The Mauritius Football Association and local police are investigating a complaint of voyeurism after a female FA employee found a mobile phone in video recording mode in the women's toilets at the FA headquarters. ...the device hidden in a blue basket above the toilet water tank. more
China - The China Cyberspace Administration (CAC) announced on Monday
that dozens of people were arrested and 25,000 illegally hacked webcams
were seized as part of a crackdown on illegal voyeurism in Asian
countries. In a statement, Cyber Security Watchdog
announced the detention of 59 suspects allegedly using camera cracking
software to illegally control webcams, eavesdrop on individuals and
commit illegal acts. more
UK - For months voyeur Christopher Adam Robinson, 35, secretly put his mobile phone in the shop’s changing room where it could film others without them knowing, said Howard Shaw, prosecuting... Robinson said he needed to “set up” the changing room and went briefly into it before letting people use it. As they tried the clothes on, they spotted the phone half hidden behind curtains and realised they were being filmed. more
FL - A girl’s discovery of hidden cameras in a Pembroke Pines martial arts studio’s restroom led to the arrest of the 64-year-old head instructor, Pembroke Pines police announced Saturday... a student noticed two cameras “discretely placed within picture frames on a shelf located in the academy’s restroom.” more
UK - Doctor Metwally also pleaded guilty to two offences of voyeurism which took place between 2013 and 2014 after he covertly filmed two patients who were in a state of undress whilst attending medical appointments. more
NY - Philip Close, the former owner of the Close School of Music, was sentenced Tuesday to 50 years in prison for child pornography, according to federal officials... He admitted to hiding spy cameras to secretly record students, parents and teachers in the building... Close also put hidden cameras in the music school’s only bathroom, one under the toilet and one in front of the toilet. These cameras were used to record young girls using the bathroom. more
Canada - A trial has been scheduled for Moose Jaw businesswoman Kyra Klassen, who is facing two charges of voyeurism...Klassen is facing allegations that she secretly photographed two nude women last year and posted the images to an online chat group without their permission. more
TN - Police said a man has been charged with three counts of video voyeurism after they found a phone under a bathroom sink in a Middlesboro hospital, with a motion-activated app that police said would take live footage. more
Japan - Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested a 42-year-old man over the alleged sale on the internet of illicit footage of female sex workers...allegedly sold footage of several sex workers on the pay-to-view site... (He had) mounted a hidden camera on the frame of his glasses to take tosatsu (voyeur) footage during encounters with them... Upon his arrest (he) admitted to the allegations. “I thought that if I made money, I could visit more sex shops,” the suspect told police. more
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