theatlantic.comA U.S. Congressional probe is investigating whether China’s state-linked firms, which built much of the communications infrastructure in several Asian countries, is using its access for snooping. Two Chinese telecommunications giants are under scrutiny by a US congressional committee. The outcome of the probe could have revealing implications for Central Asian states, which have used [...]
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Chinese Telecoms May Be Spying on Large Numbers of Foreign Customers
Posted: February 16, 2012 by comsecllc in cell phone, cell phone spying, china, cyber espionage, cyber tscm, electronic eavesdropping, hack, hackers, Spy vs. Spy, spy watch, spying, TSCM0
Alleged spy fed false info in sting to hurt credibility
Posted: January 21, 2012 by comsecllc in bug sweep, bugged, counterespionage, electronic eavesdropping, russian spy, secret, Spy vs. Spy, spy watch, spying, TSCMvancouversun.com Authorities fed an alleged Canadian naval spy fabricated information as part of a classic “sour milk” counter-intelligence ploy to taint the credibility of secrets the man is suspected of passing to Russia, Postmedia has learned. “This was done by the book – sour the milk so that you con-fuse the other side,” Michel Juneau-Katsuya, [...]
DC convention helps governments spy on citizens
Posted: November 2, 2011 by comsecllc in camera, counterespionage, spy camera, Spy vs. Spy, spy watch, spycam, spying, surveillance, technical surveillance countermeasures, TSCMrt.comRepresentatives from governments across the globe gathered in Washington DC last month, but it wasn’t international affairs that they were there to discuss. The meeting, rather, was an annual conference where figureheads far and wide come together to discuss the latest and greatest ways to spy on their own citizens. At this year’s Intelligence Support [...]
How the FBI Busted Anna Chapman and the Russian Spy Ring
Posted: November 1, 2011 by comsecllc in Anna Chapman, bug sweep, electronic eavesdropping, russian spy, secret agent, spies, Spy vs. Spy, spy watch, spying, surveillance, TSCMabcnews.go.comAnna Chapman is a television star and lingere model back in Moscow now, but before she and other Russian spies were caught by the FBI last year, they came dangerously close to accomplishing a portion of their undercover mission in the United States. “This group was well on their way to penetrating foreign policy circles. [...]
FBI releases video, papers on Russian spy ring
Posted: October 31, 2011 by comsecllc in Anna Chapman, bug sweep, bugged, counterespionage, electronic eavesdropping, fbi, russian spy, secret agent, Spy vs. Spy, spy watch, spying, TSCMWSJ WASHINGTON — FBI surveillance tapes, photos and documents released Monday show members of a ring of Russian sleeper spies secretly exchanging information and money during a counterintelligence probe that lasted about a decade and ended in the biggest spy swap since the Cold War. The tapes show a January 2010 shopping trip to Macy’s [...]
Mirage device to be used in espionage?
Posted: October 5, 2011 by comsecllc in cool gadgets, eavesdropping, espionage, gadgets, spies, Spy vs. Spy, spy watch, spying, spymaster, surveillance, TSCMhttp://cnettv.cnet.com/av/video/cbsnews/atlantis2/cbsnews_player_embed.swf (CBS News) You don’t have to be in the hot desert or on a long road in the summer to see an optical phenomenon – also known as a mirage – thanks to new scientific innovations. Straight out of sci-fi novel, researchers from the University of Texas at Dallas have come up with a device that [...]
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy – 2011 Trailer
Posted: September 23, 2011 by comsecllc in bug sweep, bugged, bugging, eavesdropping, espionage, james bond, MI5, MI6, Spy vs. Spy, spy watch, spying, spymaster, top secret, TSCMAn espionage thriller set around the Cold War. Ex MI6 George Smiley is forced out of retirement to unearth a Soviet agent within “The Circus.” It hits theaters on November 11th and I must say after peeping the trailer I’m eagerly anticipating its arrival. Watch this, and See for yourself.
And, Speaking of Spies….2011 Espionage Research Institute Conference
Posted: September 12, 2011 by comsecllc in bug sweep, bugged, bugging, bugs, counterespionage, Counterintelligence, cyber tscm, electronic eavesdropping, J.D. LeaSure, Spy vs. Spy, spy watch, spying, spymaster, TSCM, wiretapping2011 Espionage Research Institute Conference This week marks the annual ERI conference in Reston, VA The Espionage Research Institute is dedicated to collecting and promulgating information on hostile espionage activity. That is done through the process of accepting, screening and editing reports of hostile activity as they are received from ERI Associates and its Advisors. [...]
Double-O Who? Meet history’s unsung spies
Posted: September 12, 2011 by comsecllc in bug sweep, bugged, bugging, electronic eavesdropping, espionage, gadgets, james bond, spies, spy, Spy vs. Spy, spy watch, spying, spymaster, TSCMtelegraph.co.uk Ask most people to name a spy and they will say James Bond. If they are a little more cerebral they might say George Smiley, the spymaster who, having been immortalised by Sir Alec Guinness on the small screen, this Friday comes to the big screen in one of the most eagerly anticipated films [...]
Administration Wiretaps Israeli Embassy
Posted: September 6, 2011 by comsecllc in black hat, bug sweep, bugged, bugging, cyber tscm, cyberspying, electronic eavesdropping, espionage, spies, Spy vs. Spy, spy watch, spying, wiretap, wiretappingfoxnews.com Leak Offers Look at Efforts by U.S. to Spy on IsraelBy SCOTT SHANE, New York Times WASHINGTON — When Shamai K. Leibowitz, an F.B.I. translator, was sentenced to 20 months in prison last year for leaking classified information to a blogger, prosecutors revealed little about the case. They identified the blogger in court papers [...]
