Security Scrapbook - Espionage & Privacy news of the week.
Thu, 22 Mar 2001
To: Clients, colleagues and friends.
Subject: Espionage & Privacy news of the week.
=====================================================
Kevin's Security Scrapbook® is published on an irregular
basis for a select audience. HTML versions are archived at
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===================================================== SPECIAL SECTION -- Security Director's Cautionary Tales
SPECIAL SECTION -- James Bond Tricks
SPECIAL SECTION -- From Russia, Tough Love
SPECIAL SECTION -- World Spy News
SPECIAL SECTION -- The usual nonsense... =====================================================
SPECIAL SECTION -- Security Director's Cautionary Tales
Security Director's Cautionary Tale # 656 A catering employee working at MasterCard International was arrested
Wednesday for allegedly stealing confidential papers concerning a
proposed $1 billion deal and other activities at the credit card
provider and offering to sell them to Visa, MasterCard's major rival. http://cnnfn.cnn.com/2001/03/21/companies/wires/mastercard_wg/
Security Director's Cautionary Tale # 657 Last week, hundreds of pages of the ICQ instant messaging logs were
posted on the Web ... creating the kind of information security breach
that has become one of the worst corporate nightmares ... apparently
snatched from a PC used by Sam Jain, CEO of eFront, have nearly
paralyzed his company and created a personal nightmare for Jain. "I'm
tired of it... People out there are stalking me ... scanning my cell
phone frequency." The logs, which read like transcripts of telephone
conversations, include explosive discussions regarding business
partners, employees and affiliated Web sites. http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-5148422.html
Security Director's Cautionary Tale # 658
Companies are discovering that a traveler's stolen laptop is more than
an inconvenience — it's a dangerous security risk. ... The number of
laptops reported lost or stolen rose more than 20% last year to 387,000,
according to Safeware, The Insurance Agency. Harder to measure — and
more troublesome — is the loss of corporate secrets and other sensitive
information that may have fallen into the wrong hands.
(Note: Qualcomm CEO Irwin Jacobs has not recovered his IBM ThinkPad, 6
months after it was stolen from the stage of a meeting room where he was
addressing a journalists' conference. According to press reports at the
time, the laptop was stocked with confidential information, and the FBI
investigated the theft. Murray Associates' off-site meeting services
reduces this type of vulnerability.) http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/tech/2001-03-13-
Security Director's Cautionary Tale # 659
RealNetworks sues ex-staffer ... theft of source code Streaming-media
giant RealNetworks has alleged a former employee stole crucial business
secrets and gave them to LockStream of Bellevue to develop competing
products, http://seattletimes.nwsource.com
SPECIAL SECTION -- James Bond Tricks
James Bond Trick #264
(Nokia cell phone eavesdropping)
If you short-circuit the left and the right contact with the middle
contact ("3", "6" and "9") the Nokia Software hangs! The profile
"Headset" will be activated. Before you do this, just active the "auto
call receive" function in the headphone profile and set the ringing
volume to "mute" Now you can use your phone for checking out what people
are talking about in a room. Place the phone somewhere under a table in
this room and call your phone! The phone receives the call without
ringing and you can listen to the words these people are talking about!! http://american-nokia-tips.com/6100/6100/misc_tips.html
James Bond Trick #266
The award-winning composer who wrote the instantly recognizable theme
tune to the James Bond movies has won a stirring victory in a libel
trial against The Sunday Times. http://itn.co.uk/news/20010319/entertainment/05bond.html
SPECIAL SECTION -- From Russia, Tough Love
Now both hands are washed...
Russia says the spy who defected from its embassy in Canada this winter
has fled to the United States and disappeared. ... Officials at the
Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs as well as the American FBI, CIA
and Immigration departments all denied knowledge yesterday of Mr.
Toropov's whereabouts. ... The timing of the incident has fueled
speculation that Mr. Toropov's sudden departure is linked to ... FBI
agent Robert Philip Hanssen, who is in jail accused of spying for
Moscow... (Nice day for a mow, nyet? -- My Red Heaven) http://www.ottawacitizen.com/national/010317/5019813.html
Bulgaria said it had asked Russia to withdraw three diplomats it accused
of links to alleged spies.
(Side note... FBI chief Louis Freeh had a two-day visit there this week
and praised the Bulgarian government for this action.) http://www.russiatoday.com/news.php3?id=313539
And, in a mature diplomatic move... Russia angrily replied to Bulgaria's expulsion of three Russian
diplomats over a spy scandal, ordering out three Bulgarian diplomats on
Monday and accusing Sofia of launching an "anti-Russian campaign." http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/aponline/20010319/
And, in a mature diplomatic move...
The United States expelled several Russian diplomats suspected of being
spies Wednesday, according to a U.S. official who said the action was in
retaliation for the alleged espionage an FBI agent conducted on behalf
of Moscow. http://www.guardianunlimited.co.uk/breakingnews/International
And, in a mature diplomatic move...
Russia responded shortly afterward by expelling a U.S. diplomat, Cheri
Leberknight, saying she was caught red-handed with an array of spy
gadgets. (poor choice of words folks)
Like a frozen bungee cord...
Eight Sudanese opposition leaders accused of espionage and plotting to
wage war against the state stood trial Sunday in a case that could
further strain U.S. - Sudanese relations. http://www.guardianunlimited.co.uk/breakingnews/International/
A real James Bond would have spent the day with a babe...
Former spy David Shayler, who is facing prosecution under the Official
Secrets Act, will be speaking in Edinburgh this week. The former MI5
agent will address a public meeting in a committee room at the Scottish
Parliament on George IV Bridge on Thursday. http://www.edinburghnews.com/news.cfm?id=EN01051676
"... and then, through the static, we heard, 'Danger, Will Robinson.'"
A spy agency may have found the Mars Polar Lander that was lost on the
planet in 1999. http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_248522.html
200 Spying Monks... Pleeeaaasse!
Thai police suspect Myanmar monks of spying ... Thai police said
Wednesday they have put more than 200 Buddhist monks on a watch list
over suspicions they are military spies. http://home.kyodo.co.jp/national/national_layer3/
No one had a quarter... (just kidding)
President Bush toured the CIA and thanked its spies -- some of them
protecting their identities behind velvet curtains -- for their "service
and sacrifice" in an uncertain world. http://www.latimes.com/business/work/20010321/t000024531.html
The Norwegian authorities are considering replacing Microsoft's Windows
computer operating system with the Linux software...
The French and Danish authorities are also looking at the possibility of
replacing Microsoft with Linux.
-- Agence France-Presse (via ClariNet) --
So, why do we know this?...
Aerospace companies are covertly recruiting engineers in Southern
California to build a new generation of spy satellites for a project
estimated to be worth up to $25 billion over two decades ... a sum that
some analysts believe will make the program the largest
intelligence-related contract in U.S. history. http://www.guardianunlimited.co.uk/breakingnews/US/0,3560,798368,00.html
Our assessment: Too bureaucratic. Streamline it. ...
The National Institute of Standards and Technology released draft
guidance last week for agencies that are attempting to perform
self-assessments of their information security programs.
(See "related links" for the actual survey. 90 pages, .pdf format.) http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2001/0312/web-nist-03-14-01.asp
So... why is it OK for you to use?
FBI Director Louis Freeh is encountering stiff resistance to a plan to
require widespread polygraph testing within the bureau in an effort to
root out spies. Widespread tests could "sideline or ruin" careers and
"victimize employees," Freeh was told. http://cbsnews.com/now/story/0,1597,279491-412,00.html
Now... which finger did I use?
Password glut got you down? Hackers scoff at password systems, anyway.
Is biometrics the answer? ... you may already have the solution to all
your security needs right in the palm of your hand—or, more likely, at
your fingertips. http://www.entrepreneur.com/Magazines/MA_SegArticle/
Olympic Fever...
Athens News -- Surveillance using cameras and bugging devices, as well
as the interception of bank records, letters, e-mails, mobile phone data
etc, will all be sanctioned by a panel of judges and no longer need
permission from service providers. Judges will also supervise DNA
testing. On "serious grounds" of suspicion, suspects will be tested
without their consent. ... the draft legislation which was presented by
the justice ministry on Monday and is likely to be approved by
parliament next month. http://athensnews.dolnet.gr/athweb/nathens.prnt_article?
SPECIAL SECTION -- The usual nonsense...
Gel from Hell....
A German sauna has banned a man caught secretly filming naked customers
with a tiny camera hidden in his shower gel bottle, police said on
Thursday. "The suspect claimed he wanted to use the material for
'artistic purposes"' a spokesman for Bad Homburg police said. The
37-year-old man had constructed an ingenious wireless device which
transmitted video footage from the bottle to a video recorder in his
nearby bag, police said. He was caught after staff noticed he was always
walking around clutching the shower gel bottle. Police released the man
but are still examining the device and may charge him with offending the
public. He could also face prosecution under German telecommunications
laws because he had no license to operate a wireless camera. http://news.excite.com/news/r/010322/12/odd-voyeur-dc
Get Voted Off Your Cell Phone - the tribe speaks...
Technology that blocks mobile phone signals is not new... But outside of
Japan, they are illegal in most developed countries, including the
United States. ... Now sentiment might be changing. http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2696124,00.html
Obviously, he never borrowed from my pop...
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's brother Hugh still hasn't paid back
$100,000 of the $400,000 he took for pushing pardons for two felons -
because "he spent some of it," his lawyer said yesterday. http://www.nypostonline.com/news/nationalnews/26542.htm
Fuzz - Buster...
...new 3-D body measurement technologies are emerging ... holographic
radar takes your exact measurements ... apply them to designer software
to electronically tailor designer clothes at a reasonable cost ... also
good at airports for finding Glocks and glass knives. http://www.pnl.gov/nsd/commercial/body/
Pop, could I have the keys to... the other car?
Car dashboards may soon be fitted with spy cameras to warn drivers if
they are falling asleep. They monitor eye movement and pupil dilation
before deciding whether to sound an alarm. http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_249975.html?menu=
And you thought Bin Ladden needed watching.
Spy Camera Plan for Bin Baddies -- City bosses are planning to start
secretly filming people in Portsmouth - to make sure they don't put
their rubbish out too early. http://www.thenews.co.uk/
and... can you dig it?...
Join NecroSearch. A non-profit organization that specializes in the
search for clandestine grave sites. NecroSearch scientists and
investigators work on a volunteer basis. http://www.Necrosearch.org/
Security Scrapbook - Espionage & Privacy news of the week.
Sat, 17 Mar 2001
To: Clients, colleagues and friends.
Subject: Espionage & Privacy news of the week.
=====================================================
Kevin's Security Scrapbook® is published on an irregular
basis for a select audience. HTML versions are archived at http://www.spybusters.com/Security_Scrapbook.html
===================================================== SPECIAL SECTION -- The shape of things to come...
SPECIAL SECTION -- Hanssen News
SPECIAL SECTION -- South Africa Checks in
SPECIAL SECTION -- CIA News =====================================================
Trade Secret Theft and Other Cyber Crimes Soar ...the most serious financial losses occurred through theft of
proprietary information (34 respondents reported $151,230,100) and
financial fraud (21 respondents reported $92,935,500). http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/010312/sfm102_2.html
Where Do Bugs Come From?...
From overseas Internet sites, but surprisingly, they also come from one
of our favorite mail order catalogues... Great American Science &
Surplus. "TELEPHONE BUG - only the size of a dime yet transmits both
sides of a telephone conversation to any FM radio. No batteries needed.
$9.95 each. Item #89015" http://www.sciplus.com
"Isn't that illegal?"
I hear you say.
Yes, it is.
SPECIAL SECTION -- The shape of things to come...
Fed up with the incessant ringing of mobile phones, the leaders of
India’s parliament have installed jamming devices to thwart lawmakers
who refuse to turn their phones off. http://www.msnbc.com/news/541321.asp
Spy-Cam detectors get installed next...
Bribes caught on 'spy cams' shake up India's parliament
Working undercover as a slick arms merchant from London, a brash young
journalist with a hidden camera and his colleague have shaken India's
political and military establishment to its roots. They have caught
bureaucrats, politicians and generals taking wads of cash on videotape. http://www.miami.com/herald/content/news/world/digdocs/088973.htm
It reads like a spy novel, but every word is true. Chilling...
Read the FBI "Affidavit In Support of Criminal Complaint, Arrest Warrant
and Search Warrants" against Robert P. Hanssen, FBI agent accused of
spying for the Russians. Posted on-line at: http://www.fbi.gov/pressrm/pressrel/pressrel01/affidavit.pdf
Sure he may sing... but will he dance?
Norman Mailer has agreed, for an undisclosed but presumably enormous
sum, to write the screenplay for a film about Robert Hanssen, the FBI
agent who was arrested on multiple espionage charges last month. http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/0,,248-100502,00.html
Bathroom spy camera court hearing...
A South African court is hearing allegations that a man installed a
video camera over his bath to film a female flatmate. http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_244884.html?
SPECIAL SECTION -- CIA News
We always knew the REAL talent was on Wall Street...
A.B. "Buzzy" Krongard, a former investment banker who took a $4 million
pay cut to join the CIA three years ago, was appointed to the
third-highest post at the spy agency, the CIA said on Friday. Krongard,
a martial arts expert who collects guns and reportedly once punched the
head of a great white shark, will take the post of executive director on
March 26, the CIA said. He joined the agency in February 1998 after a
29-year career in the financial sector, during which he was, among other
things, chairman and chief executive officer of AlexBrown Inc. and vice
chairman of Bankers Trust. (Congratulations Buzzy.) http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20010316/ts/life_cia_dc_1.html
...and another reason to take a pay cut, and join the CIA...
USA Today recently broke the news that Osama bin Laden's terrorist
organisation had infiltrated the world's supply of Web porn, hiding
messages for its global operatives deep within the digits of pictures
posted on godless Western triple-X sites. http://www.smh.com.au/news/0103/17/spectrum/spectrum6.html
Ginger Snaps...
...Kamen offered his own dark theory. He said the unintended secondary
effects of technological development occur 100 times more rapidly every
25 years. ... the passionate interest in Kamen's forthcoming project -
thought by some to be a new transportation device so revolutionary it
will force urban planners to redesign cities in its wake - that has
suddenly transformed him into one of the most watched scientists on the planet... http://www.techweb.com/wire/story/TWB20010314S0024
More Nixon Awards...
In Ukraine, tapes reportedly recorded in the office of ex-communist
President Leonid Kuchma implicate him in the gruesome decapitation of a
reporter critical of the government, in the rigging of 1999 elections
and in business corruption.
And in Peru, video recordings seized from former spy chief Vladimiro
Montesinos continue almost daily to reveal that bribes were taken by
military leaders, ministers and others in the political entourage of
former leader Alberto Fujimori.
More Dilbertski Awards...
Spy tells how Putin blew it as KGB rookie... Putin called a meeting to
hand over a radio fitted by the KGB with a secret recording device and a
sophisticated timer. It was designed to be used in covert operations,
but Putin had to admit that he did not know how to operate it. http://www.sunday-times.co.uk/news/pages/sti/2001/03/11/
The dumb kids at other schools just buy a Mr. Coffee...
Set up a camera, connect it to a computer, connect the computer to the
Internet, hook up another computer at the other end... It started as a
lazy way of checking whether the computer geeks at Cambridge University
had emptied the coffee pot during one of their all-night hacking
sessions. It became an Internet icon, with 2.4 million visitors. http://news.excite.com/news/ap/010308/14/britain-web-coffee http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/coffee/qsf/coffee.html (See it here!)
Security Scrapbook - Espionage & Privacy news of the week.
Sat, 10 Mar 2001
To: Clients, colleagues and friends.
Subject: Espionage & Privacy news of the week.
=====================================================
Kevin's Security Scrapbook® is published on an irregular
basis for a select audience. HTML versions are archived at
http://www.spybusters.com/Security_Scrapbook.html
===================================================== SPECIAL SECTION -- Eavesdropping Vulnerabilities
SPECIAL SECTION -- Spy News
SPECIAL SECTION -- Scotland Checks In
SPECIAL SECTION -- The usual nonsense... =====================================================
*** TSCM Knowledge Alert *** Wireless Spectrum Finder
The bible of radio frequencies from 30 MHz to 300 GHz - due out April 6.
(McGraw-Hill, ISBN 0071375066)
Bennett Z. Kobb has done it again! This new - 7th edition - covers
'what's where' in the 365 bands, in about 500 pages, covering 900
subjects. This is a must-have item for every TSCM sweep kit. $49.95 http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0071375066/counterespionage
That mysterious beeping you heard on 162.0125 MHz... check http://www.spectrumfinder.net/
Get the T-shirt too...
"I'm With The Band. 30 MHZ - VHF - UHF - SHF - EHF - 300 GHz"
Get freqed. It reeks geek and is the urberword for the scanner nerd. http://www.cafepress.com/spectrumfind
Passwords don't protect Palm data, security firm warns
People who rely on passwords to keep strangers from poking through the
data stored on their Palms actually have no protection at all, a network
security company warns. In an alert posted Thursday, @Stake pointed to
a back door in the Palm operating system that allows anyone with
developer tools to access data on handhelds that have been "locked" with
a password. http://www.wired.com/news/print/0,1294,42198,00.html
Digital cell phone eavesdropping vulnerability report...
My morning train seatmate had a Motorola Sprint PCS phone she claims
works everywhere but San Francisco. Here, whenever she called her
Sprint PCS voice mail (located in Texas), she got connected to someone
else's in-progress call --- apparently selected at random. I observed
the same phenomenon later today trying to call my girlfriend's Seattle
Sprint PCS phone and (non-Sprint, non-cellular) home phone. Sometimes I
got fast busy signals, sometimes I got my own echo, and sometimes I got
other people's conversations. It appeared that I was only hearing one
side of the conversation, the speakers could not hear me, and my
listening did not disrupt their conversation; but it only lasted for ten
seconds or so. Still, I heard snatches like, "Yeah. She says this is
the sickest she's ever felt." One eavesdropping session lasted nearly a minute. http://catless.ncl.ac.uk/Risks/21.26.html
Friends Spying on Friends
Washington Lists Allies Trying to Gather American Commercial Secrets
Japan, Israel, France, South Korea and Taiwan are highlighted as some of
the most aggressive in attempting to obtain U.S. business information,
through lawful and/or illegal means. China and India, less closely
aligned with the U.S., are also named. The list was based on a survey of
about a dozen Fortune 500 companies. http://abcnews.go.com/sections/world/DailyNews/economicspying010305.html
Marry a wealthy man? No, marry a spy...
Spy's unwitting wife awarded $7.1 million. ... Martinez dabbed away
tears after Postman's ruling and said she did not think the $7 million
would "give Cuba a hard blow." http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/daily/detail/0,1136,37
Spy v. Spy 1978... U.S. Marines discovered Soviet agents burrowing a tunnel under
the U.S. Embassy. The hole was packed with electronic gear -- and a
Soviet agent wearing headphones, according to news reports. 2001... Russia's Foreign Ministry has demanded details of a secret
tunnel allegedly built underneath the Soviet Embassy in Washington for
eavesdropping. http://www.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/europe/03/05/russia.tunnel/
Automated Eavesdropping...
The CIA's Office of Advanced Information Technology is developing a
computer program called Oasis, which automatically converts audio
signals into conveniently readable, and searchable, text. http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/8/17361.html
Japan Treats Their Spies Differently...
A former Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) officer who spied for the
Russians should receive the maximum possible penalty... one year in
jail. ... Hagisaki also told the court he had reformed. "From now on, my
philosophy will be to ensure all secrets that remain in my memory will
never again leave my mouth," the apologetic former officer said.
Hagisaki used the money to buy commodity futures and make remittances to
his mother. http://www.mainichi.co.jp/english/news/archive/200102/02/news03.html
He should have picked on Japan...
A former Australian intelligence official pleaded guilty yesterday ...
to a charge of attempted espionage and now faces at least 15 years in
prison for trying to sell stolen classified U.S. documents to an unnamed country. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A44371-2001Mar8.html
Presidential Pardon Doubtful for Bush League Spy...
A federal grand jury on Tuesday indicted a former employee of a Bush
campaign media consulting company, saying that she secretly mailed
George W. Bush's debate preparation materials to Vice President Al
Gore's campaign to help the Democrat. If convicted, she could face up to
15 years in prison and a $750,000 fine. (She should have picked on Japan too.) http://www.nandotimes.com/nation/story/
SPECIAL SECTION -- Scotland Checks In
Minor League Spies...
Teams of school children are to be set up to target rogue traders who
sell goods to under-age youngsters. Children as young as 12 will be used
in a bid to crack down on illegal sales of cigarettes, alcohol, weapons,
fireworks and adult videos. (Beats delivering newspapers in the rain.) http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/cgi-bin/page?t=news&id=2018136
Man Pleads Guilty to Taping Madonna Baby's Baptism...
Robert Podesta, 51, hid in Scotland's Dornoch Cathedral a day prior to
Rocco Ritchie's Dec. 21 christening. He sustained himself on a supply of
food and drink and covertly filmed the highly anticipated event from
behind the church's organ pipes. http://abcnews.go.com/sections/entertainment/DailyNews/madonna
SPECIAL SECTION -- The usual nonsense...
Heinz cans lined with 'sex chemical'
(their headline, not ours)
Our headline... Now we know why beans, beans are good for your heart...
Heinz confirmed that it uses very small amounts of bisphenol A to line
the lids of cans fitted with ring-pull openers, including baked bean cans. http://www.sunday-times.co.uk/news/pages/sti/2001/02/11/stinwenws
Follow-up to last week's Military Ray-Gun story...
Claims by U.S. military officials that a new skin-heating weapon causes
no permanent health problems are exaggerated and highly suspect...
"Their claims are a bunch of crap," said Professor W. Ross Adey,
professor of physiology at Loma Linda University Medical Center in Loma
Linda, Calif. "We've known that many forms of microwaves at levels below
heating can cause significant health effects in the long term." http://www.vny.com/cf/News/upidetail.cfm?QID=165654
Security Scrapbook - Espionage & Privacy news of the week.
Sun, 04 Mar 2001
To: Clients, colleagues and friends.
Subject: Espionage & Privacy news of the week.
=====================================================
Kevin's Security Scrapbook® is published on an irregular
basis for a select audience. HTML versions are archived at
http://www.spybusters.com/Security_Scrapbook.html
===================================================== SPECIAL SECTION -- FBI / Hanssen
SPECIAL SECTION -- NEW BOOKS
SPECIAL SECTION -- Spy Dun
SPECIAL SECTION -- Experiences this week... =====================================================
SPECIAL SECTION -- FBI / Hanssen
Alleged spy may have leaked 'bug' locations...
WASHINGTON - U.S. intelligence officials said yesterday that they fear
suspected spy Robert P. Hanssen may have provided Russia with top-secret
information about how and where the United States has planted its most
sophisticated overseas eavesdropping devices. http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com:80/cgi-bin/texis/web/vortex/display?slug=spy28&date=20010228
The espionage case involving FBI counterintelligence agent Robert Philip
Hanssen is far from over, according to U.S. law-enforcement and
intelligence sources who tell Insight the alleged FBI traitor is among
four to seven other U.S. agents under scrutiny as possible spies for Russia. http://www.insightmag.com/archive/200103207.html
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SPECIAL SECTION -- Spy Dun
Payback's a B - - - -. Ex-Spy Must Pay for Selling Bogus Secret... A German court told an
ex-spy to return $138,000 that he earned for selling a German
intelligence agency information taken from the agency's own files. http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20010223/od/spy_dc_1.html
NOT being paid back is also a B - - - -.
A federal judge has ruled that a former Israeli politician who worked as
a CIA spy cannot sue the agency to enforce promises of U.S. citizenship,
pension and health benefits, a legal paper reported on Tuesday. ...
federal court said secret information agreements involving a U.S.
government agency cannot be enforced in the courts for public policy reasons. http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20010301/od/spy_dc_2.html
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In other news...
"Let's just SCIP it."
Legal snooping...
Competitive intelligence, the organized monitoring of what a competitor
is up to, is a tool often used by major corporations. And CI is starting
to find a home in the information-driven New Economy. http://www.localbusiness.com/Story/0,1118,BWI_649348,00.html
... not to mention: business espionage, blackmail, and peeping toms. Wireless minicams make spying simple... A new generation of wireless
gadgets promises to make home and small business security, remote child
care monitoring, and even the creation of TV video productions
affordable for just about anyone. Inconspicuous mini-videocams let users
monitor any location via the Internet. http://www.newsfactor.com:80/perl/story/6938.html
Spying also happens on personal levels...
Have you ever spied?
Have you ever been spied on?
What's the worst thing you ever did for money?
Find out what "the person on the street" had to say... http://www.villagevoice.com:80/issues/0109/mcpherson.html
Blame it on bad chemistry,
... or, bad principals.
Wiretapping charges were dropped yesterday against a high school student
who taped a chemistry lecture without the teacher's consent. ...
"There's no expectation of privacy in a classroom." (Duh) http://dailynews.philly.com:80/content/daily_news/2001/03/01/national/
... and then it melts their annoying cell phones. The Pentagon unveiled a new "non-lethal'' weapon designed to drive off
an adversary with an energy beam that inflicts pain without causing
lasting harm. The weapon, called "active denial technology,'' was
developed by Air Force research laboratories in New Mexico... The weapon
is designed to stop people by firing millimeter-wave electromagnetic
energy in a beam that quickly heats up the surface of the victim's skin.
Within seconds the person feels pain that officials said is similar to
touching a hot light bulb. "It's the kind of pain you would feel if you
were being burned,'' said Rich Garcia, a spokesman for the Air Force
Research Laboratory at Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M. http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/ap/20010301/pl/new_weapon_1.html
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SPECIAL SECTION -- NEW BOOKS
101 Questions & Answers About Business Espionage William M. Johnson, Ph.D., (2/2001), ISBN 091677502X 231 pages, soft cover
The ultimate FAQ about business espionage; detection and prevention.
"101" is 100% hard information, 0% fluff. Every security director will
find it useful. Every security consultant will find it an instant
education. The topic is extremely timely, and the information is fresh. http://www.questor-group.com/
Spooked: Espionage in Corporate America by Adam L. Penenberg, Marc Barry (12/2000) 188 pages, hard cover
Amazon... "Spooked exposes a fascinating tapestry of real-life corporate
spying occurring within and against publicly traded companies such as
Dow Chemical, Avery Dennison, 3M, Motorola, Lucent, Kraft and others.
Adam L. Penenberg, a top investigative journalist, and Marc Barry,
founder of a Manhattan-based corporate-intelligence agency, uncover and
describe in thrilling detail some of the greatest corporate-espionage
capers of all time. A brilliant expose, Spooked unravels the truth and
hypocrisy behind the multi-billion-dollar corporate-intelligence industry." http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0738202711/counterespionage
Understanding Surveillance Technologies
by Julie K. Petersen (10/2000) 920 pages, hard cover. Amazon...
The clear, flexible layout of Understanding Surveillance Technologies
allows the reader to select chapters of interest and read them in any
order, following cross-references to related information. Learn how
phone and room 'bugs,' body-worn microphones, tiny cameras, DNA testing,
and radio transmitters have become surprisingly prevalent and
inexpensive. Explore the history, politics, and ethical issues related
to audio, visual, aerial, radar, sonar, X-ray, genetic, animal, computer
and other surveillance technologies. Discover the origins of wiretapping
and the controversy concerning their use in the new digital society.
Learn how foreign nations and local building inspectors can now record
details of your house and land through inexpensive commercially
available 1-meter-resolution satellite images. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0849322987/counterespionage
Police scanners...
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good desktop police scanner, consider this one. http://www.strongsignals.net/bc780xlt/index.html
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