Below you'll find a list of all posts from May, 2017
Feds bust Chinese corporate spy ring. Federal officials busted seven people involved in corporate espionage for a Chinese company, the Justice Department announced Wednesday. The seven people identified are accused of conspiring to steal trade secrets pertaining to a product called “syntactic foam,” which can be used for an array of purposes ranging from stealth technology to oil exploration. Federal …
The American Greed Report: Corporate spying costs billions, can it be stopped? Hotel giant Hilton wanted to develop an all-new luxury hotel chain called Denizen to satisfy a growing market for high-end accommodations. Its competitor Starwood thought Denizen seemed very similar to its successful W chain. Too similar. And in 2009 Starwood Hotels & Resorts filed a corporate espionage lawsuit …
Keylogger Found in Audio Driver of HP Laptops. The audio driver installed on some HP laptops includes a feature that could best be described as a keylogger, which records all the user’s keystrokes and saves the information to a local file, accessible to anyone or any third-party software or malware that knows where to look. Swiss cyber-security firm modzero discovered …
Soldier faces charges after recording device found. Recordings on the devices included video of a sexual assault against a Canadian Forces member at the base in Esquimalt OTTAWA – A Canadian Forces corporal is facing charges including sexual assault, voyeurism and possession of child pornography. In a news release, the military says the investigation started when a hidden recording device …