Kevin's Security Scrapbook
Wednesday, May 22, 2019

Things are Bad When Spycams Grab the Headlines

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Inside Story: It was the autumn of 2009, and something odd was happening at the offices of ING North America at 400 Atrium Drive in Somers...

Become A Spy Fast... in Slovenia

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Slovenia's spy agency on Tuesday published its first ever public advert to recruit new agents "to strengthen and refreshen" ...

Travel Security Tip from Smart Mexicans - Dummy Phones & Wallets

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Armed robberies have gotten so common aboard buses in Mexico City that commuters have come up with a clever if disheartening solution: Many...

Snapple "Real Fact" #726 – Polar Bears v. Infrared Cameras v. TSCM

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I had a Snapple tea the other day and found this "Real Fact" #726 under the cap. We use infrared cameras in our work, and kno...
Monday, May 20, 2019

San Francisco Prohibits Deployment Of ‘Secret Surveillance’ Technologies

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Although the facial recognition aspects of the ordinance have been the most publicized, it also targets a long list of other products and sy...

FutureWatch: New Mobile App Fends off Espionage Attacks

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Innovative technology from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and the FZI Research Center for Computer Science can put an end ...

Spycam Brings Down Austrian Leader - A Cautionary Tale

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Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz called Saturday for an early election after his vice chancellor resigned over a covertly shot video tha...

The ASML Case - Trade Secret Theft - Sometimes the Good Guy Wins

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Following a jury verdict rendered months earlier, a California court entered a final judgment for $845 million in favor of semiconductor m...
Saturday, May 18, 2019

FLIR Black Hornet - US Army Mini-Drones Deployed - Flying Binoculars

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US Army soldiers are, for the first time, getting personal reconnaissance drones small enough to fit on a soldier's utility belt. A s...

Office Spying – The Coworking Vulnerability – Part 1

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Stratfor Chief Security Officer Fred Burton said...countries like Russia and China deploy spies to work with or around startups in places l...

Office Spying – The Coworking Vulnerability – Part II

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Open office spaces and coworking are designed to help companies foster communication and collaboration, not only among their own employees,...

If You're a Slack'er, Patch the Hacker

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A security researcher has uncovered a flaw in Slack that could've been exploited to steal files over the business messaging app and pote...
Thursday, May 16, 2019

To Catch a Spy - The Art of Counterintelligence

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Longtime Central Intelligence Agency operative and former CIA chief of counterintelligence James “Jim” Olson delivered a talk on his caree...

Q: "You'll be using this Aston Martin DB5."

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James Bond: Ejector seat? You must be joking. ...

Cautionary Tale: Why Scheduled Bug Sweeps (TSCM) Protect You

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Consider this recent event... NY - In the annals of jaw-dropping East Hampton political miscalculation, the bugging of the town trustee...
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