US aerospace colossus Boeing says it has conducted successful ground testing of America's planned "space surveillance" satellite system. The idea, essentially, is spy satellites to spy on other spy satellites. (more)
Saturday, February 7, 2009
Spy vs Spy Satellites
US aerospace colossus Boeing says it has conducted successful ground testing of America's planned "space surveillance" satellite system. The idea, essentially, is spy satellites to spy on other spy satellites. (more)
The Reign in Spain...
...falls mainly on the plain.
Madrid Spying Scandal Probed
Spain - The legislative assembly of the Autonomous Community of Madrid on Friday created a commission to investigate a supposed network of agents that spied on local top officials...
Francisco Granados, the advisor of the Madrid cabinet's Presidency, Justice and Interior Affairs, created a secret service to watch over political figures and officials.
That apparatus, made up of former policemen and civil guards, is intended to obtain undisclosed information through its own and contacts with police organs, according to the daily. It is like a detective agency formed by former professionals who exploit old contacts, but with public money and protected by the regional government. (more)
Madrid Spying Scandal Probed
Spain - The legislative assembly of the Autonomous Community of Madrid on Friday created a commission to investigate a supposed network of agents that spied on local top officials...
Francisco Granados, the advisor of the Madrid cabinet's Presidency, Justice and Interior Affairs, created a secret service to watch over political figures and officials.
That apparatus, made up of former policemen and civil guards, is intended to obtain undisclosed information through its own and contacts with police organs, according to the daily. It is like a detective agency formed by former professionals who exploit old contacts, but with public money and protected by the regional government. (more)
Soccer-Japan Launches Anti-Spying Policy
Japan will train under a blanket of security from Saturday ahead of next week's World Cup qualifier in Yokohama against Australia for fear of spies leaking their tactics. (more)
Friday, February 6, 2009
Your Wireless SpyCam Detector Won't Work Here
Q. Which one is transmitting covert video?
Q. Which one is a spycam?
A. None of them are transmitting covert video.
A. All of them are spycams.
They don't need a wireless connection to a separate recorder.
They record to an internal SD chip. (more)
You will need help discovering DVR spycams. Call us.
Q. Which one is a spycam?
A. None of them are transmitting covert video.
A. All of them are spycams.
They don't need a wireless connection to a separate recorder.
They record to an internal SD chip. (more)
You will need help discovering DVR spycams. Call us.
Pennsylvania's Strange Wiretap Law Strikes Again
PA - A cell phone voicemail recorded a man shot to death by an off-duty SEPTA police officer.
Joe McNair and SEPTA police Sgt. Darryl Simmons got into an altercation on a Perkiomen Township road in Montgomery County on September 17, 2008. McNair had made a call on his cell phone.
The person McNair called didn't pick up so the call went to voicemail, recording the rest of the incident.
McNair's family later learned of the voicemail recording and believe it sheds new light on the incident. They took it to the Montgomery County District Attorney's office and now to the NBC10 Investigators.
Simmons' attorney insists the recording doesn't change a thing and in fact, feels the recording may be illegal and in violation of Pennsylvania's wiretap law. Montco D.A. Risa Ferman says, "One difficult issue with which we are grappling is that our research suggests this recording may violate the wiretap act." If it does break the wiretap law, the recording would not be admissible as evidence. (more)
Other problems caused by Pennsylvania's eavesdropping and wiretapping law... (here) (here) (here)
Joe McNair and SEPTA police Sgt. Darryl Simmons got into an altercation on a Perkiomen Township road in Montgomery County on September 17, 2008. McNair had made a call on his cell phone.
The person McNair called didn't pick up so the call went to voicemail, recording the rest of the incident.
McNair's family later learned of the voicemail recording and believe it sheds new light on the incident. They took it to the Montgomery County District Attorney's office and now to the NBC10 Investigators.
Simmons' attorney insists the recording doesn't change a thing and in fact, feels the recording may be illegal and in violation of Pennsylvania's wiretap law. Montco D.A. Risa Ferman says, "One difficult issue with which we are grappling is that our research suggests this recording may violate the wiretap act." If it does break the wiretap law, the recording would not be admissible as evidence. (more)
Other problems caused by Pennsylvania's eavesdropping and wiretapping law... (here) (here) (here)
Thursday, February 5, 2009
Spies Building Special Places To Call Their Own
U.S. - A sort of national laboratory for eavesdropping and other spycraft, IARPA will move into its new 120,000-square-foot home in 2009. (more) Lebanon - Interior Minister Ziyad Baroud announced on Tuesday that a center specializing in wiretapping would be completed by April 2009. (more)
No, not an AC/DC song played really loud.
New bill would allow use of audio Tasers
PA - Police officers in Pennsylvania might soon be able to record the use of their Taser stun guns, thanks to legislation being introduced by state Rep. Bryan Lentz, D-161, of Swarthmore... Under current law, all parties involved in “intercepted communication” must know about and have consented to the interception for it to be lawful. (more)
PA - Police officers in Pennsylvania might soon be able to record the use of their Taser stun guns, thanks to legislation being introduced by state Rep. Bryan Lentz, D-161, of Swarthmore... Under current law, all parties involved in “intercepted communication” must know about and have consented to the interception for it to be lawful. (more)
Another Solution to VoIP Eavesdropping
From their press release...
"Paranet Solutions, LLC, a leading global provider of Data Center, Network Infrastructure and Enterprise Services and Solutions, announced today that it has expanded its Security Solutions Suite to include VoIP Security Services in order to identify and prevent Illegal Reconnaissance, Malicious Service Disruption, Eavesdropping, Message Manipulation, Services Theft, VoIP Spam, VoIP-to-Data-Exploits and Quality Degradation. Paranet's VoIP security solution is anchored with a comprehensive vulnerability and threat assessment." (release)
"Paranet Solutions, LLC, a leading global provider of Data Center, Network Infrastructure and Enterprise Services and Solutions, announced today that it has expanded its Security Solutions Suite to include VoIP Security Services in order to identify and prevent Illegal Reconnaissance, Malicious Service Disruption, Eavesdropping, Message Manipulation, Services Theft, VoIP Spam, VoIP-to-Data-Exploits and Quality Degradation. Paranet's VoIP security solution is anchored with a comprehensive vulnerability and threat assessment." (release)
When a butterfly flaps its wings from China...
...you won't know it.From the seller's web site...
Dualband GSM 900/1800 Spying Bug Audio Transmitter
$33.98, Free shipping!
Model: XF-168 - Ultra easy to use: simply insert SIM card and turn the device on. After the "phone" registers on your cell phone network, simply dial the SIM card's phone number to start listening.
- Perfect for monitoring home and office environments
- Fills the curious mind of eavesdroppers (note the law in some countries requires you to inform people you are eavesdropping on)
- Works silently to prevent exposure
- No location and no distance constrains. Works as long as there is GSM 900/1800 cell phone coverage
(an even cheaper model)
Last year, this was a very difficult eavesdropping attack to detect - even when the bug was transmitting.
Murray Associates developed a special detection technique. It is very effective. We use it on our corporate and government sweeps.
GSM Bugs
$33.98!
Free shipping!
Internet distribution!
You know these bugs are out there.
"What have you done to protect your company?"
Call us, before someone else asks you that question.
Like, your boss.
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
...and they heard you say, "Who isn't."
Russian private security companies are no longer permitted to use special surveillance equipment, Russia's official newspaper, Rossiyskaya Gazeta, said on Tuesday.According to recent amendments to the law on private security companies, they are banned from using special spy, surveillance and tapping equipment. They are also not permitted to use any police or security service identification in their work...
Over 200,000 people are currently employed as private investigators in Russia. (more)
Spybusting Can Be Dangerous
Peru - Gunmen tried to kill Peru's attorney general amid a high-profile corruption investigation... Saturday's attack on Attorney General Gladys Echaiz was an assassination attempt... Echaiz is overseeing the investigation of an alleged bribery involving state oil executives, and an illegal wiretapping ring allegedly run by Peruvian navy officers.Echaiz's bodyguards engaged the gunmen in a shootout and repelled the attack, taking the attorney general to safety.
The suspects, who fled in an SUV, have not yet been identified, officials said. (more) (background)
"Beware of...," still sayeth the Turks.
Beware of strangers bearing high-tech gifts
Turkey - As the country is mired in wiretapping claims, a parliamentary committee has warned against giving phones as gifts and also proposed a ban on the sale of communication devices to anyone other than the intended user, as part of preventive measures against such invasions of privacy.
The Parliamentary research committee, which was established to search the wiretapping claims made by senior politicians, judges and newspapers, released its report last week.
"Telephones, keyboards or other electronic devices given by unknown people or organizations should not be accepted as gifts. E-mails or phone messages from unknown sources should not be opened and read," the report read. (more)
Extra Credit:
We all know the historical expression
"Beware of Greeks bearing gifts,"
and the definition of a Trojan Horse.
Where is Troy?
Pay attention to the Turkish Parliamentary research committee.
They know what they are talking about. (answer)
Turkey - As the country is mired in wiretapping claims, a parliamentary committee has warned against giving phones as gifts and also proposed a ban on the sale of communication devices to anyone other than the intended user, as part of preventive measures against such invasions of privacy.
The Parliamentary research committee, which was established to search the wiretapping claims made by senior politicians, judges and newspapers, released its report last week.
"Telephones, keyboards or other electronic devices given by unknown people or organizations should not be accepted as gifts. E-mails or phone messages from unknown sources should not be opened and read," the report read. (more)
Extra Credit:
We all know the historical expression
"Beware of Greeks bearing gifts,"
and the definition of a Trojan Horse.
Where is Troy?
Pay attention to the Turkish Parliamentary research committee.
They know what they are talking about. (answer)
Every teacher has eyes in the back of their head
Spy High - Staff accuses principal of spying on them...
CA - One Jesse Bethel High School employee who didn't want her name published, said the principal has been pointing the cameras on classrooms "to spy on his teachers, to see when they're late," the employee said. "He tells the teachers he's doing it. Something tells me that's not what they're for." (more)
CA - One Jesse Bethel High School employee who didn't want her name published, said the principal has been pointing the cameras on classrooms "to spy on his teachers, to see when they're late," the employee said. "He tells the teachers he's doing it. Something tells me that's not what they're for." (more)
Too late. Already built into many CCTVs.
Face-blurring Technology in CCTV Systems
Could Protect Privacy, Researcher Says
According to New Scientist, Hewlett-Packard computer scientist Jack Brassil and his team have created "Cloak," a technology designed to protect individuals' privacy when CCTV operators share images. If fielded, the system's participants would be akin to those on the national "do-not-call" list, which targets unwanted telephone solicitation, Brassil says.
To opt into Cloak, a person would first need a "privacy enabling device" - most conveniently a mobile phone with GPS capability. The device would wirelessly beam the user's position, direction, and velocity to a central system server. (more)
Could Protect Privacy, Researcher Says
According to New Scientist, Hewlett-Packard computer scientist Jack Brassil and his team have created "Cloak," a technology designed to protect individuals' privacy when CCTV operators share images. If fielded, the system's participants would be akin to those on the national "do-not-call" list, which targets unwanted telephone solicitation, Brassil says.
To opt into Cloak, a person would first need a "privacy enabling device" - most conveniently a mobile phone with GPS capability. The device would wirelessly beam the user's position, direction, and velocity to a central system server. (more)
SpyCam Story #515 - Showered With Gifts
A 39-year-old Michigan man was charged Monday after the Macomb County Sheriff's Office said he allegedly videotaped a neighbor's daughter in her Bruce Township home.Macomb County Sheriff Mark Hackel said the 10-year-old's parents found a wireless camera mounted in the girl's bathroom and notified the sheriff's office.
Hackel said the girl's parents suspected a neighbor, Stephen Ray Keller, because he had been "over friendly" with the girl recently and had given her gifts. (more) (more)
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