On Feb. 18, 1964, the agent named Bond, James Bond, arrived in Warsaw, then behind the Soviet Union's Iron Curtain, a barrier separating the Communist Eastern Bloc from the West.
Officially, he was employed as an archivist for the British Embassy Military Attache. But he soon earned the attention of Polish counter-intelligence officers. At one point, he was spotted snooping around a military base along the Soviet border, the Wall Street Journal reported. more
Trump’s Twitter Account Was Hacked
President Trump’s Twitter account was hacked last week, after a Dutch
researcher correctly guessed the president’s password: “maga2020!” more
Ghostbusters sneakers from Reebok
Reebok is releasing this fun and cartoony Ghostbusters "Ghost Smashers"
sneaker design on Halloween. more (You really need the matching backpack to complete the outfit.)
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In addition to the forensic training, the student receives a 25-page course text which includes a strong Recording in the Workplace policy template, a simple Inspection Log form and links to additional information.
Upon completing the course, the student will be able to conduct a professional inspection without the need for expensive instrumentation. Should an organization want to invest in instrumentation (useful for large scale inspections) links to these items are provided in the course text.
SPYCAM DETECTION TRAINING is primarily useful for:
Recognizing and detecting spy cameras is also a valuable skill for:
The course is structured to give the student:
The course takes about an hour to complete.
Spy cameras are inexpensive and readily available via the Internet and local spy shops. Every child and adult is a potential target. Business especially have a duty to protect the people using their expectation of privacy areas.
Although SPYCAM DETECTION TRAINING focuses heavily on protecting workplace environments, there is a greater good. By taking this course you will be able to use what you have learned to protect yourself and your family during your everyday travels. The effect is cumulative. As more people take this course, opportunities for video voyeurs decreases.
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• Malicious USB cables look exactly like the real thing.
• Some act as eavesdropping bugs.
• Some have GPS tracking capability.
• The worst ones… more pdf
"I believed I was not visible on Zoom," he told Vice. "I thought no-one on the Zoom call could see me. I thought I had muted the Zoom video."
Jeffrey Toobin, 60, also a prominent CNN commentator, has been in demand as the US election campaign intensifies.
The incident, first reported by Vice News, happened during an election simulation involving the New Yorker and WNYC radio last week.
Mr Toobin, in a statement to Vice, said: "I made an embarrassingly stupid mistake, believing I was off-camera." more
Spybuster Tip #840:
• Always assume the mic and camera are live, and act appropriately.
Spybuster Tip #841:
• Know how to use your tech.
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North Korean man investigated for industrial espionage...
A North Korean man in his 40s is reportedly under investigation by the Ministry of State Security for turning over internal analyses from his workplace to a Chinese trader, Daily NK has learned.
The internal analyses the man gave to the trader reportedly concerned technology used to develop North Korean-style cosmetics. There is speculation that he will be sent to a political prison camp for espionage. more
Near-empty streets caused by fewer people traveling into city centers can make it difficult for Britain's spies to track suspects, the new head of MI5, the UK's domestic security service, has said.
According to the lawsuit, which has come following reports from July, the photo-sharing application had been accessing the camera on the iPhone to spy on users even when they weren’t activated.
Facebook has denied the claim and blamed a bug saying that it’s correcting the problem. more
Double Feature!
An IoT Cautionary Tale...
A Crazy Ex Tale...
Philippa Copleston-Warren, 45, was accused in a London court of using the virtual assistant to flash the lights inside her former boyfriend’s house on and off and tell his new sweetie to scram after he ended their relationship of two years, The Sun reported.
“The defendant spoke through the Alexa account to tell the complainant’s friend in the property to leave and to take her stuff,” prosecutor Misba Majid told Westminster Magistrates’ Court, according to the newspaper.
“This so distressed the girlfriend, it caused her to cry and she left.”
Copleston-Warren (inset), a management consultant, controlled the device from London, about 130 miles from her businessman ex-beau’s house in Lincolnshire, the paper reported.
She is also accused of hacking her ex’s Facebook account and uploading nude pictures of him. more
Spybuster Tip # 721: Learn how to adjust ALL the features of your digital assistant. This could have been prevented.
Japan is to release treated radioactive water from the destroyed Fukushima nuclear plant into the sea, media reports say.
It follows years of debate over how to dispose of the liquid, which includes water used to cool the power station hit by a massive tsunami in 2011.
Environmental and fishing groups oppose the idea but many scientists say the risk it would pose is low. more
What could possibly go wrong?
...files are disguised to trick employers into downloading them. They contain names related to employees’ contact lists, technical documentation, and medical analysis results to trick employees as part of a common spear-phishing technique...
MontysThree is designed to specifically target Microsoft and Adobe Acrobat documents, Kaspersky said. The malware can enable attackers to capture screenshots and gather information about the victim’s network settings, hostname, etc. more
