Kevin's Security Scrapbook
Thursday, November 21, 2019

"Electronic Device" Found in Mayor's Office

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MI - Flint Police are investigating after an electronic surveillance device was found inside Flint City Hall. The device was found in the ...

Spybuster Tip #734: Don't Store Incriminating Photos on Your Android Phone

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This time around, a team of security researchers found a terrifying flaw with the Android camera apps that could let malicious apps complete...
Tuesday, November 19, 2019

WhatsApp? Eavesdropping. That's WhatsApp.

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WhatsApp parent company Facebook has issued a warning about a new vulnerability on its hugely-popular chat app, which could let hackers take...

Beginner's Guide to Small Business Cyber Security

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Cyber Essentials is a guide for leaders of small businesses as well as leaders of small and local government agencies to develop an actio...

Eavesdropping Vulnerability: Cisco SPA100 - Update Firmware

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While setting up a VoIP service in their home, security researchers at Tenable Research discovered a total of 19 vulnerabilities in VoIP a...
Monday, November 18, 2019

Hot Wheels - Part I

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A Multimillionaire Surveillance Dealer Steps Out Of The Shadows . . . And His $9 Million WhatsApp Hacking Van On a wildflower-lined grav...

Hot Wheels - Part II

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Cypriot police have confiscated a van reportedly loaded with sophisticated surveillance equipment and have questioned its Israeli owner ...

The Invisible Man - 122 Years in the Making

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“Quantum Stealth” (Light Bending material) non-powered adaptive camouflage which portrays what is behind the user in-front of the user...
Sunday, November 17, 2019

Venezuela's Ex-spy Chief Disappears on Eve of Extradition to U.S. (shocking, just shocking)

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Hugo Carvajal, nicknamed "El Pollo," or "The Chicken," was the military-intelligence chief for Presidents Hugo Chavez ...

More Pirates of The Caribbean

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Russia’s underwater spy ship recently traveled across the Atlantic Ocean and is currently sailing in America’s backyard.  Yantar , a...

69 Cops Get Body-Cam'ed - Clerk Gets Slammer

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A former police records clerk in Southern California was sentenced to six years in jail Friday after he was charged with secretly recording ...

The New York Times Reports: "Bugging Epidemic"

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With surveillance gear cheaper and easier to use, security experts say checking your environment for cameras and microphones is not a crazy...
Thursday, November 14, 2019

Espionage Concerns Change Hiring Policy

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The recent resignation of a compliance director at GitLab Inc. illustrates anxiety in the tech industry about foreign espionage... GitLab’...
Thursday, November 7, 2019

How People Turn iPhones into Bluetooth Bugs

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With iOS 12, Apple added a feature, called Live Listen, which essentially turns your AirPods into on-demand hearing aids.  There's a b...
Tuesday, November 5, 2019

With a Laser, Researchers Say They Can Hack Alexa and Other Assistants

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Since voice-controlled digital assistants were introduced a few years ago, security experts have fretted that systems like Apple’s Siri and ...
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