Revealed: Technical Surveillance Threats

Revealed: Technical Surveillance ThreatsSpy Cam 101 Not long ago while on assignment, I was asked “How many times do you actually find technical surveillance threats?”My answer was “Well, I would tell you but then I would have to….” Just kidding,  The real answer is more often than you would think..Although, not every technical surveillance threat involves [...]

IT and espionage on Wall Street

economist.com An overturned conviction creates uncertainty about what constitutes a crime ASK a programmer at an investment bank where he works, and the answer will often simply be “Wall Street”. Isolated from clients and—it was once thought—assets with proprietary value, technologists bounce from firm to firm, from one high-rise building to another. To this footloose [...]

Traveling Light in a Time of Digital Thievery

Note: Having recently traveled to China, I can attest to Mr. Lieberthal’s concerns….Do yourself (and your company) a favor, Just accept the fact that you “will” be collected against…and take Mr. Lieberthal’s advice…very seriously.  JDL nytimes.com SAN FRANCISCO — When Kenneth G. Lieberthal, a China expert at the Brookings Institution, travels to that country, he [...]

Cameramaker Red claims espionage

variety.comIn a saga worthy of a Hollywood thriller, allegations of email hacking and industrial espionage have surfaced in the camera industry in a lawsuit filed by digital camera maker Red against rival Arri. In the suit filed Dec. 21 in federal court in Orange County, Calif., Red accuses Arri of stealing technical details and development [...]

Compliance vs. Security: The Multiple Dimensions of Corporate Espionage

sys-con.com You’ve spent months fixing the red items on an internal audit report and just passed a regulatory exam. You’ve performed a network vulnerability assessment and network pen test within the last year and have fixes in place. You’ve tightened up your information security policy and recently invested in a security information and event management [...]

Cyber spy campaign targets chemical industry: Symantec

(AFP) SAN FRANCISCO — US Internet security firm Symantec on Monday exposed a cyber spying campaign targeting trade secrets at top chemical firms and linked the industrial espionage to a man in China. At least 48 companies, including some that make advanced materials for military vehicles, were targeted in a campaign Symantec dubbed “Nitro” given [...]

German secret police arrest elderly Spies "Mr. & Mrs. Smith"

pravda.ru Last week, the German counterintelligence arrested the spouses, who were suspected of industrial espionage. It was said that the spouses were working for Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service. The German media do not have the right to expose the last name of the suspects. The spies, named only as Heidrun and Andreas A., have not [...]

Israel Convicts Conspirator Who Wiretapped Michael Cherney

israelnewsagency.com Jerusalem, Israel — October 26, 2011 …. On October 24th the Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court in Israel convicted far-right activist Avigdor Eskin of ordering the illegal wiretapping of associates of Israel businessman and philanthropist Michael Cherney (Mikhail Chernoy). The plea bargain consists of a penalty of six months of community service, probation and a fine [...]

Russian spies suspected of stealing auto secrets from Germans

inautonews.com A married couple was arrested in the German town Michelbach, suspected of stealing secrets from German car manufacturers, after it emerged one of them worked in the auto industry for the past 20 years. German prosecutors stated that the couple had been arrested on accusations of spying for an unspecified foreign intelligence service, which [...]

FBI: Tech firms face spy risk

democratandchronicle.com Kexue Huang, a scientist and native of China, pleaded guilty last week in a federal court to swiping millions of dollars worth of trade secrets from Dow Chemical Co. and Cargill Inc. for other people doing research in Germany and China. A federal jury last month ordered South Korea’s Kolon Industries to pay DuPont [...]