CHINESE insurance regulator said that a state insurer used an iPhone and a voice recorder to eavesdrop on inspectors. China Insurance Regulatory Commission Shandong bureau said Saturday that the eavesdropping devices were found at the Weifang office of Yingda Taihe Property Insurance. The regulator had been inspecting the Shandong branch. On Jan. 6, inspectors found the iPhone and voice recorder …
When Cyber Security Meets Physical Security
In a recent interview with CNN, the Director of the Secret Service noted that his organization is increasingly focusing on the cyber security of the physical facilities visited by the President of the United States as part of its duty to protect him. This raises the fascinating question of just how much cybersecurity will become part of the physical security …
Accountants and spies: The secret history of Deloitte’s espionage practice
As 2016 comes to a close, the consulting firm Deloitte is busy hiring employees in the Washington area — listing a total of 392 jobs open in the region with “federal” in the job description. According to its website, the firm is looking to hire a federal contracts manager, a federal cybersecurity consultant and is even advertising for military officers …
Want to spy on the boss? Try this phone-mast-in-an-HP printer
An engineer has shown how you can sneak a tiny cellphone base station into an innocuous office printer. The idea is the brainchild of New Zealand’s Julian Oliver, who was inspired by the Stingray cellphone snooping technology now in widespread use by the cops and FBI. He was looking to see how such tech could be hidden and what better …
Bugged samovar leads to arrest of Russian officials
Image copyright Wikimedia/ISasha Image caption Most Russian samovars do not come with hidden recording devices, allowing users to enjoy their hot drinks with a clear conscience Russia’s security service arrested three senior officials after recording conversations using a bug hidden in a samovar they had given as a gift of thanks for anti-corruption efforts, it’s emerged. According to the influential …
Is your child’s teddy bear spying on you?
Is your child’s teddy bear spying on you? Have you come home to find an internal door open when you know you always close it? Do you experience intermittent interruption to your television reception? Perhaps there’s a little mound of dust in one particular area of the home? Of course, there are a million reasons why any or all of …
Romanian man arrested in connection with £20 million fraud
DETECTIVES have arrested the first of 10 people wanted in connection with a £20 million fraud. Anton is wanted by Cheshire police for allegedly committing multiple ATM fraud offences. Romanian citizen Marius Anton, 31, was held in Kent as he attempted to leave the UK on Wednesday, City of London Police have revealed. Anton is wanted by Cheshire police for …
Is your cell phone spying on you? Simple ways to stop it
Flight attendant Lucy Lofton travels the world, and didn’t know until we showed her that our smartphones, always with us, are always keeping track, of every move we make. There’s a digital log kept on her Android under “Google Location Setting” and on my I-phone. Cyber security expert and founder of Identity Theft, 911, Adam Levin showed us the treasure …
Your Device Can Spy On Your Every Move
Do you really know for sure your GPS is off simply because your phone’s screen says it is? We now have dozens of smart devices in our houses and even on our bodies. They improve our lives in so many ways – from lowering energy consumption in our homes to egging us on to be active. But these smart devices …
Stealing White: How a corporate spy swiped plans for DuPont’s billion-dollar color formula
There’s white, and then there’s the immaculate ultrawhite behind the French doors of a new GE Café Series refrigerator. There’s white, and then there’s the luminous-from-every-angle white hood of a 50th anniversary Ford Mustang GT. There’s white, and then there’s the how-white-my-shirts-can-be white that’s used to brighten myriad products, from the pages of new Bibles to the hulls of superyachts …


