Showing posts with label ultrasonic. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ultrasonic. Show all posts
Thursday, March 30, 2023

Inaudible Ultrasound Attack Can Control Phones and Smart Speakers

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American university researchers have developed a novel attack called "Near-Ultrasound Inaudible Trojan" (NUIT) that can launch sil...
Tuesday, August 2, 2022

FutureWatch: Preventing Microphones from Capturing a Target Speaker’s Voice

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Over the decades, there have been many attempts at preventing electronic eavesdropping. The most popular methods employ "white noise...
Thursday, August 19, 2021

Two U.S. Officials in Germany Treated for Havana Syndrome

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At least two U.S. officials stationed in Germany sought medical treatment after developing symptoms of the mysterious health complaint know...
Wednesday, September 23, 2020

TSCM Nerd Corner News

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U.S. Army scientists at the CCDC Army Research Laboratory (ARL) have developed a first-of-its kind antenna that could change how ground ...
Thursday, April 2, 2020

Think Your Smart Speaker is Spying On You... get Paranoid

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(Note: As of this date the manufacturer is only accepting pre-orders . Gauging demand before going into production is not uncommon. The fol...
Monday, August 12, 2019

Ultrasound Talk Gives a Whole New Meaning to Defcon

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Researchers have long known that commercial speakers are also physically able to emit frequencies outside of audible range for humans. At t...
Thursday, February 7, 2019

Ultrasonic Microphone Jammers — Do They Really Work?

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It’s a question I get asked occasionally when one of our clients sees one of these devices being advertised on the internet. Who can blame...
Tuesday, January 8, 2019

Mystery ‘Sonic Attack’ on U.S. Diplomats in Cuba Was Really Crickets

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Fake news? You decide. Diplomatic officials may have been targeted with an unknown weapon in Havana. But a recording of one “sonic attack” a...
Friday, June 29, 2018

Facebook's Patent Called Creepy

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If you’re a Facebook user, you’ve likely heard stories of people becoming convinced that the company uses the microphones that are everywher...
Friday, June 8, 2018

U.S. Embassy in China Sends Alert About Mystery Health Issue

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The U.S. Embassy in China sent its second alert in two weeks Friday to its citizens over unexplained health issues that have prompted the ...
Monday, March 5, 2018

Cuba's Sonic Attacks - Possibly a Side-Effect of Spying

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Its surveillance tools may have transmitted ultrasonic sounds by mistake... Remember those 'sonic attacks' against the American an...
Thursday, February 15, 2018

Cuba - Concussion-like Symptoms Found in US Diplomats - Updates

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Members of the US diplomatic community in Havana began visiting the embassy’s medical unit in late December 2016 with symptoms, such as hea...
Friday, August 11, 2017

The Cuban "Acoustic Attack" - Eavesdropping, TSCM, or Other?

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The FBI is reportedly investigating who was behind an “acoustic attack” that inflicted at least two staffers of the U.S. Embassy in Havana w...
Friday, June 23, 2017

TSCM Questions We Get - "How small is a bug's microphone?"

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A. Very small. You probably carry the one shown in the photo, in your cell phone. In some cases, microphones are invisible. Before you ...
Friday, May 5, 2017

Sounds Like Spying - Ultrasonic Sounds

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Your smartphone may have some apps that are continuously listening inaudible, high-frequency ultrasonic sounds from your surroundings and th...
Monday, November 14, 2016

The Sounds in Your Head That Nobody Else Hears May Come From...

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...an ultrasound Audio Spotlight invented by Dr. F. Joseph Pompei. The ultrasound, which contains frequencies far outside our range of hea...