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The Department of Justice today announced that a grand jury in the District of Columbia returned an indictment presented by the Special Counsel’s Office. The indictment charges twelve Russian nationals for committing federal crimes that were intended to interfere with the 2016 U.S. presidential election. All twelve defendants are members of the GRU, a Russian … More Grand Jury Indicts 12 Russian Intelligence Officers for Hacking Offences Related to the US 2016 Election
The FBI has arrested a former engineer at Apple on charges of stealing company secrets on behalf of a Chinese start up. A complaint, filed in federal district court in California, says Xiaolang Zhang, who worked on Apple’s autonomous car project for two and a half years, was taken into custody over the weekend as … More Former Apple Engineer Charged With Corporate Espionage
Northeastern University’s computer science experts downplayed some old smartphone spying concerns but raised new ones as part of their latest research into the manner contemporary handsets operate while not in active use, particularly in regards to possible video and audio exfiltration activities. While the study found no concrete evidence that mobile microphones are being turned … More Experts Downplay Old Phone Spying Concerns But Raise New Ones
International Procurement Services, director of operations and specialist electronic counter measures expert Gerry Hall offers a brief insight into current GSM and electronic ease-dropping threats and offers advice to anyone looking to employ the services of a professional 'de-bugging sweep teams'. In summary the team you select needs to be equipped with the best ECM systems available.
