Enjoy eavesdropping on TSCM expert Chris Browning and I as we discuss this specialized skill. This episode is sponsored in part by the Investigators Toolbox, the #1 online resource community for private investigators. more
Venice, Italy - The city’s leaders are acquiring the cellphone data of unwitting
tourists and using hundreds of surveillance cameras to monitor visitors
and prevent crowding. Next summer, they plan to install long-debated
gates at key entry points; visitors coming only for the day will have to
book ahead and pay a fee to enter. If too many people want to come,
some will be turned away. more
Banksy's Spy Booth Brick + NFT Auction Crashes Servers with Overwhelmingly Heavy Web Traffic more
Australia - An ABC News drone took the brunt of the bite force when a saltwater crocodile leapt up and plucked it from mid-air while filming in Darwin. video
Top 9 Surveillance Videos of the Week video
How Jamie Spears Spied on Britney Spears Through iCloud - A security firm spied on Britney Spears through her iCloud account. Here's how to figure out if someone is doing that to you, and how to stop it. more & more & more & bugsweep
ShadowDragon: Inside the Social Media Surveillance Software That Can Watch Your Every Move - The tool is the product of a growing industry whose work is usually kept from the public and utilized by police. more & more
Florida - New Law – Corporate Espionage (HB 1523): Sponsored by Republican Rep. Mike Beltran, the new law creates the crime of “trafficking in trade secrets” and enhances criminal penalties under certain circumstances. If the trafficking of trade secrets benefits a foreign government or company, the offense is now a first-degree felony. more
Florida - Surveillance Drone Assists in Search for Brian Laundrie more
Security researchers think Amazon's Astro bot isn't safe. more
Smartphone, laptop, etc. device check service for traveling users.
Detect Pegasus and other 0-click and 1-click spywares. Check before and after executives enter
high-risk countries to determine their exposure and perform remediation. Prevent introducing foreign threats to your network. Service is a ZecOps product. more
Hackers or anyone with a sound knowledge about internet software and applications can eavesdrop on your personal data if they are using the same public Wi-Fi connection as you are...
A new microchip roughly the size of a grain of sand that has the potential to glide across great distances is being touted as a breakthrough for aerial surveillance.
Collaborating scientists from institutions including Northwestern University in the United States and Soongsil University in Korea have created what they believe are the world's smallest ever "human-made flying structures", which can be fitted with microchips and sensors and have the capacity to transmit data remotely.
The microchips can be dropped from the sky and potentially used to monitor environmental impacts and the spread of disease.The researchers, who published their findings today in the journal Nature. more
After the NFL’s Spygate controversy, involving the New England Patriots illicitly recording the defensive signals of the New York Jets in 2007, NFL fans and pundits alike struggled to answer a lingering question: Were the Patriots the only team spying on their opponents or was espionage a commonplace activity in the NFL?
Everyone had an opinion, but few could offer more than a gut feeling to back up their claims and for good reason...
Well, that was before. Spies on the Sidelines shines a light on the shadowy world of NFL espionage and exposes the full range of collection techniques teams use to spy on their opponents, as well as the defensive countermeasures that are used to defend against these threats. more
From Goldfinger to No Time To Die, Bond has never been far from his Aston Martin DB5. This car has arguably been part of his DNA for over 50 years. Now, an exclusive partnership between Aston Martin, EON Productions and The Little Car Company brings you the Aston Martin DB5 Junior No Time To Die Edition.
Limited production run of 125 vehicles.
Created at 66% scale of the original, with a fully electric powertrain, the DB5 has been reimagined for Bond fans worldwide. As an official Aston Martin model, the No Time To Die edition will pay homage to the rich history of the brand with Silver Birch paintwork, Smiths instruments, and individually numbered chassis plates. Complete with Aston Martin and 007 badging, this car is unmistakably Bond.
The DB5 Junior is designed to offer seating for an adult and child
side by side, to allow all generations of Bond fans to share the love of
driving. more
What is Pegasus?
Is Pegasus a hacking software
or spyware? It is pipped as the best version of both worlds that was
developed, marketed, and licensed to governments around the world by the
Israeli company NSO Group. This is because of the intrusive nature it
possesses where it can infect and silent surveillance on billions of
phones running either iOS or Android operating systems.
Pegasus was first discovered in 2016 in a group of mobile devices which were infected via a spear phishing campaign which tricked users into clicking on malicious links which would install the spying software. However, recent versions of the spyware are much more sophisticated and require zero interaction from the victim for delivery and execution.
How it works?
The
spyware executes via a zero-click exploit. This means that a victim
does not need to interact with the initial delivery vector of the
spyware for the malicious code to be executed. The victim receives a
message on SMS, WhatsApp, iMessage or any other messaging application.
As soon as the message is received the spyware is executed and all
traces of the message are deleted. This implies that the user’s device
will be infected with the spyware, without the user being aware of even
receiving any suspicious message. more
Is it a bird?
Is it a plane?
It's a raven swooping on a drone attempting to make a delivery to a Canberran craving caffeine.
Key points:
A battle for aerial dominance is emerging as nesting season coincides with a surge in demand for drone deliveries during Canberra's lockdown.
Drone delivery service operator Wing has paused flights in the northern suburb of Harrison while bird experts assess the behaviour of local ravens to ensure their welfare is safeguarded. more
His posts on body hacks have gone viral and include a range of tricks and trips.
He also revealed how you can get rid of hiccups. more
Of course, none of this is new – we’ve been writing about it for aeons now. But because so much time has lapsed since this story initially broke in SA, perhaps a recap is in order.
Years ago, BAT took off the gloves in a bid to claw back market share from competitors who emerged selling the same product, but cheaper.
BAT’S strategy was simple: disrupt its competitors to the point of making it impossible for them to operate.
To do this, BAT relied on a security firm — Forensic Security Services (FSS) — to co-ordinate activities, under the guiding hand of British American Tobacco SA’s (BAT SA’s) anti-illicit trade head. But it also used a series of in-place “agents” at its competitors’ businesses even as it co-opted law enforcement agencies and deployed a shared agent with the State Security Agency (SSA): triple agent and honey trap Belinda Walter.
All of this was monitored from BAT’s global headquarters, Globe House in London.
One
former employee explained it as follows: “Our primary work description
was to spy on competitors and disrupt business operations on behalf of
BAT SA, [which] was fully aware that FSS was obtaining information
illegally, and these (sic) included obtaining recorded conversations.” more
As a result of the global pandemic, millions of employees are working
from home, with many teams turning to group calling methods to ensure
business continuity. However, enterprises and government officials
around the world are increasingly being targeted by coordinated
eavesdropping attacks. SecuSUITE protects these individuals against
identity spoofing, metadata harvesting and communications interceptions,
which can compromise sensitive discussions and major operations. more infographic
https://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/how-recover-your-hacked-email-or-social-media-account
https://www.kaspersky.com/resource-center/threats/what-to-do-if-your-email-account-has-been-hacked
https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/6294825?hl=en
https://www.csoonline.com/article/3617849/15-signs-youve-been-hacked-and-how-to-fight-back.html
The complaint alleged that SpyFone’s apps provided real-time access to the data of smartphone owners through a hidden device hack that allowed others, including stalkers and domestic abusers, to track the smartphones on which the apps were installed. In addition, SpyFone’s lax security measures, including storing sensitive information without encryption, exposed consumers to hackers and other cyber threats, including through a 2018 breach of SpyFone’s servers in which the personal information of 2,200 consumers was accessed and stolen.
Under the terms of the proposed consent order, SpyFone will disable its stalkerware apps and destroy all personal information collected through these apps. more