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(cover story - Plaintiff Magazine, June '09)
Who are these snoops?Snoops can be competitors, vendors, investigators, business intelligence consultants, colleagues vying for positions, overbearing bosses, suspicious partners, the press, labor negotiators, government agencies. The list is long.Why would I be a target?Money and power are the top two reasons behind illegal surveillance. If anything you say or write could increase someone else’s wealth or influence, you are a target.Is snooping common?Yes. The news is full of stories about stolen information. In fact, many news stories themselves begin with leaks.Can I protect myself?Yes. Espionage is preventable. If... (full article)
Philippines - A three-pronged probe by the Philippine Medical Association (PMA) and possible wiretap charges await celebrity doctor Hayden Kho over his sex videos posted online. PMA spokesman Bu Castro said in a radio interview the PMA has formed a committee to look into the claims against Kho for conduct unbecoming of a doctor. (more)
Thanks to its status as a financial centre, Switzerland is seeing a sharp rise in spying activities amid the global economic crisis, the Swiss intelligence service told AFP.
"We have seen a general interest for financial information," Juerg Buehler, who heads the service, part of the defence ministry, said in an interview. "This trend is reinforced with the financial crisis and competition between financial centres..."
Given the rising risks of foreign intelligence penetration, Buehler said his service is trying to make the banking industry aware of the dangers.
But he acknowledged that "we cannot have police patrolling in front of every bank". (more)Side note: Most financial institutions already retain the services of eavesdropping detection / counterespionage consulting firms. ~Kevin
"Ok, mom, we get it."MA - Two sisters in Quincy say a roommate they found on Craigslist was spying on them.Police arrested 42-year-old Deryck Reid after one of the sisters says she stepped out of the shower and Reid was pointing a cell phone camera in her direction.Police searched the apartment on Nightingale Avenue in South Quincy and found video equipment, laptops and a camcorder in Reid's room.Police say that Reid may have committed similar crimes in the past. (more)
US - State and Federal Wiretapping Decreases in 2008
A recent report releases information on 2008 state and federal wiretapping programs.
1,891: Wiretaps authorized by federal and state courts in 200814: Percentage decrease in wiretaps from 2007 to 2008386: Number of applications by federal authorities for wiretaps in 2008
1,505: Number of applications by state authorities for wiretaps in 2008
41 days: Average operating time for a wiretap
92: Average number of people whose communications were intercepted per wiretap order
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The Colombian government offers a 200 million peso (US$ 90 thousand) reward for information leading to those who ordered the illegal wiretapping carried out by Colombia's intelligence service DAS. (more)
Until recently, it has been a one-way transmission path for spycamers. They see you. (click photo to enlarge)A few years ago, a product came on the market that lets you see what the stalkers are stalking using their wireless cameras in the 900 MHz - 2.4 Ghz frequency range. Great, but what about all the new spycams being sold which operate in the 5.8 GHz range? Just released is the VS-125 by Suresafe Technology, Inc. It covers the missing band 5.8 GHz band and has a few other surprises as well. It scans the 1.2 GHz and 2.4 GHz bands... simultaneously. It also demodulates audio so you can hear as well as see. (more)How much does it cost? $450.USD, plus any bank transfer charges and shipping. ~Kevin
In an upcoming divorce trial, a Brooklyn woman may introduce e-mails surreptitiously culled from her estranged husband's e-mail account as evidence of his scheme to hide his true income, a Supreme Court judge has ruled.Justice Jeffrey S. Sunshine said the woman's accessing of her husband's account did not constitute "eavesdropping" under New York's Penal Law and therefore does not render the e-mails inadmissible.The decision turned on the fact that the wife looked at e-mails stored in her husband's account, rather than intercepting e-mails while they were "in transit" to him. (more)
...you know anyone can afford, and will use, bugs.
Nick goes to the Ranch to speak to Victor and Adam opens the door. They tussle over a package that was on the stoop. Nick says he doesn't trust him - he tried to frame their father! Adam says the package is just braille computer programs. Adam stages a stumble to distract Nick, who leaves in a huff. Adam opens the box - it looks like bugging devices! He decides to test them out - he wires the house up and grins as he realizes that they work! (The Young and the Restless)
It takes covert photos.It records video movies.It captures sound, too!And... you never need to tip your hand by touching any On / Off / Record switches. Just tip your hand wearing the golden ring and the camera magically does your spy bidding. Just make sure your shirt has black buttons. (more)Why do I mention it?So you will know what you're up against.
via Eric Geier, enterpriseitplanet.com...When I discuss Wi-Fi security, I try to demonstrate what a Wi-Fi eavesdropper or hacker could see from an unencrypted wireless network. This way you can imagine what someone from the parking lot or nearby can see of the data traveling between you and the access point (AP)... In this article, we'll look at several different online and network services or communication types that are vulnerable to sniffing or capturing by eavesdroppers. Along the way, I'll give tips on how you could secure them, over and above encrypting the entire link. (
more)I agree with Eric and show my clients how easy it is to intercept unencrypted transmission, too. We use similar techniques. There is just something about actually seeing it which makes it very real. You'll never trust a public Wi-Fi hot spot again. ~Kevin
Bernard Leon Barker was a hero to many, first as a World War II flier and prisoner of war, later as a CIA operative working to overthrow Fidel Castro. But he is best remembered as a White House ''plumber:'' one of the burglars whose break-in helped topple a U.S. president.
He died Friday at the Veteran's Administration Medical Center in Miami at 92.
Barker -- nicknamed ''Macho'' as an infant -- was a protégé of the late E. Howard Hunt, the CIA mastermind who planned the Bay of Pigs and Watergate operations. (more)
via Wikipedia...
"After Barker's release from prison, he worked as a building inspector for the city of Miami, Florida, earning $18,512 per year. He elected early retirement in 1982 rather than fight proceedings seeking his dismissal for loafing on the job." (more)
Would you believe... a blog about spy pens?spypensonline.com is a brand new blog.
We'll keep an eye on it."Spy pen camera’s are the ideal tool for covert surveillance. But before buying one, here's a few things you must consider..." (more)
In China, video cameras are being installed in almost 60,000 examination halls to prevent cheating in next week's national college entrance exams. In the past, some students have been caught using hi-tech equipment, including tiny radio receivers, to get help with exam questions.In April, eight parents and teachers caught helping children cheat were sentenced to prison. China takes the cheating very seriously. (more)
Lebanon's military prosecutor charged 10 more Lebanese with spying for Israel, bringing to 55 the total this year, a judicial source said. Four of those charged were already in custody, having been detained on suspicion of the crime, and the other six have yet to be arrested. (more)
Trial of CIA, Italian agents provides rare look at intelligence work... Testimony about the alleged 'rendition' of Egyptian Abu Omar features feuds and rogue conduct in a case that has apparently made and crushed careers. (more)
TX - When a 3-year-old patient kept having setbacks during her recovery, doctors at Dell Children's Medical Center suspected that the child's mother was to blame, Austin police said Wednesday.They set up a hidden camera in the child's hospital room that police and court records said soon recorded Emily Beth McDonald smearing human waste on the girl's intravenous line, which can cause potentially life-threatening illnesses. (more)
UPDATE - An Austin woman has been accused of repeatedly smearing human waste on her 3-year-old daughter's intravenous feeding line, potentially causing life-threatening infections.
Emily Beth McDonald, 23, was charged with felony injury to a child.
According to an arrest affidavit, a surveillance video at Dell Children's Medical Center captured McDonald placing feces from a soiled diaper on the cap of a tube with a direct link to the child's bloodstream. (more)
Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi does not rule out a vote of confidence on the wiretap bill. Speaking to SkyTg24 he stated that "It would be better not to have a vote of confidence, but if we run into the slightest opposition we will immediately call a vote of confidence". Berlusconi pointed out that wiretaps cost the State 400 million euro every year, and that "the right to privacy is fundamental". (more) (background)
Photographers – Next on The List
Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi has reacted angrily to the publication in Spain of photographs showing topless women and a naked man at his villa. He has threatened to sue Spain's El Pais newspaper, calling the photos an invasion of privacy. The photos - banned in Italy on privacy grounds - were taken from outside Mr Berlusconi's villa in Sardinia during a party for a Czech delegation. (more)
NY - West Seneca Police have arrested a man they say used a camera to spy on his ex-girlfriends teenage daughter. Police say 38-year old Richard R. Vieira installed the camera inside the 19-year old's bedroom and videotaped her getting undressed. Police say Vieira had DVD copies of the video. Vieira's ex-girlfriend discovered the camera equipment but only after Vieira had already moved out of her home. (more)
Korea - Two reporters from a local news agency were taken into custody on suspicion of attempting to eavesdrop on a meeting convened by the national police chief, investigators said yesterday. According to police, the journalists installed a small recorder at a restaurant in Suwon, some 46 kilometers (29 miles) south of Seoul, where National Police Agency Commissioner Kang Hee-rak was hosting a dinner with senior police officers. (more)
UPDATE - The Gyeonggi Police Agency said the reporters from Asia News Agency installed an MP3 player with recording function on the ceiling of a restaurant in Suwon, Gyeonggi Province, where National Police Agency Commissioner Kang Hee-rak was hosting a banquet Thursday for nearly 40 senior police officers in the province.
The event was held after Kang's regular inspection of police stations there, police said.
Choi Won-il, who was at the banquet, said, "At around 8:20, a restaurant employee informed me that a couple of people with suspicious gadgets had dropped by the restaurant before the dinner began."
Choi and restaurant employees searched the venue and found a recorder attached to the ceiling.
Police found a picture of one of the reporters saved on the gadget. During questioning, the journalist confessed to having installed the recorder with two other colleagues. (more)
The California Supreme Court seemed unlikely Wednesday to authorize employers to spy on their workers with hidden cameras.At the same time, some members of the state high court appeared skeptical that two women who discovered a surveillance camera in their office had suffered serious harm. The women said they suffered emotional distress when they discovered the camera by chance after noticing a blinking red light. (more)
A U.S. District Court on Wednesday dismissed lawsuits against telecommunications companies in a warrantless wiretap case, ruling that former President George W. Bush's administration had properly requested the cases closed for national security reasons.Companies including AT&T Inc and Verizon Communications Inc faced dozens of suits accusing them of improper participation in a warrantless wiretap program launched by Bush after the September 11 attack...The Electronic Frontier Foundation and the American Civil Liberties Union, which are coordinating the cases, said they would appeal, arguing the amended act was unconstitutional. (more)
US - The Pentagon may have issued top-secret clearances last year to as many as one-in-four applicants who had "significant derogatory information" in their backgrounds, including a record of foreign influence or criminal conduct, a little-noticed government audit says. (more) (sing-a-long)
Ok, so your company is not The Pentagon, but it is as important to you as the United States is to a General. You depend on your employees not picking your intellectual pockets.
• Do you conduct background checks on key employees?
• Do you have them sign an intellectual property agreement?
• Do you have legally acceptable security measures in place?
• When was the last time you had your offices checked for illegal electronic surveillance?
UPDATE (the very next day) - A Pentagon official with "top secret" security Clearance has been charged with conspiracy to pass classified information to an Agent of China, officials said Wednesday.
Retired air force Lieutenant Colonel James Wilbur Fondren, a deputy Director of the US Pacific Command's Washington Liaison Office, became the fourth person targeted after a Chinese espionage ring was unmasked last year. (more)
via Fox News...Trust, But Verify"The difference between responsible monitoring and spying is the 'Gotcha' factor," says Nurit Sheinberg, Ed.D., director of research and evaluation at the Mailman Segal Institute for Early Childhood Studies at Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale, FL. If your kids don't know you'll be monitoring their use and you find something and go "Gotcha!" they'll be shocked and probably resentful, and may start hiding things from you. So once you decide how much and what kind of monitoring you'll do, let them in on it.Your honesty has its perks: If they know you're watching, their self-monitoring instinct will likely kick in. (Of course, kids are masters at finding ways around parental control — more on that later.) One of the best things you can do: Put the computer in a central location. There's no better way to keep an eye on things than to be able to wander by and casually say, "Hey, what website is that?"Yes, you want to trust your kids. But they're kids — relying on their word may not be enough to keep them safe. (more)
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