From: James M. Atkinson Date: Sat Jan 8, 2005 6:29pm Subject: Once more into the breach ACT III. SCENE I. France. Before Harfleur King Henry urging his men on at the siege of Harfleur. Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more; Or close the wall up with our English dead. In peace there's nothing so becomes a man As modest stillness and humility; But when the blast of war blows in our ears, Then imitate the action of the tiger: Stiffen the sinews, summon up the blood, Disguise fair nature with hard-favour'd rage; Then lend the eye a terrible aspect; Let it pry through the portage of the head Like the brass cannon: let the brow o'erwhelm it As fearfully as doth a galled rock O'erhang and jutty his confounded base, Swill'd with the wild and wasteful ocean. Now set the teeth and stretch the nostril wide; Hold hard the breath, and bend up every spirit To his full height. On, on, you noblest English, Whose blood is fet from fathers of war-proof- Fathers that like so many Alexanders Have in these parts from morn till even fought, And sheath'd their swords for lack of argument. Dishonour not your mothers; now attest That those whom you call'd fathers did beget you. Be copy now to men of grosser blood, And teach them how to war. And you, good yeomen, Whose limbs were made in England, show us here The mettle of your pasture; let us swear That you are worth your breeding- which I doubt not; For there is none of you so mean and base That hath not noble lustre in your eyes. I see you stand like greyhounds in the slips, Straining upon the start. The game's afoot: Follow your spirit; and upon this charge Cry 'God for Harry, England, and Saint George!' ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- We Expertly Hunt Real Spies, Real Eavesdroppers, and Real Wiretappers. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- James M. Atkinson Phone: (978) 546-3803 Granite Island Group Fax: (978) 546-9467 127 Eastern Avenue #291 Web: http://www.tscm.com/ Gloucester, MA 01931-8008 Email: mailto:jmatk@t... ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- World Class, Professional, Ethical, and Competent Bug Sweeps, and Wiretap Detection using Sophisticated Laboratory Grade Test Equipment. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10528 From: Hawkspirit Date: Sun Jan 9, 2005 0:31am Subject: E-bay Bug Sweep How about an e-bay bug sweep HYPERLINK "http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=317&item=3865048754& rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW"http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category= 317&item=3865048754&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW Electronic Surveillance - Counter Measures - Services Item number: 3865048754 You are signed in Highborne F. S. Inc. is a company specializing in Electronic Countermeasures to detect, locate, and eleminate unwanted and illegal wireless devices to protect your privacy. Hidden video and voice transmission devices can compromise your privacy through anything you say or do in the vacinity of a hidden microphone, camera , or other transmitting devices. We are not a company that sends a technician out with a little $100 or $200 hand held detector that in most cases will miss 90% of the hidden devices. We are backed with approximately $250,000.00 is test equipment to analyze buildings, boats, ships, aircraft, homes, and cars. The picture was taken at the last home contracted. Pricing will depend on the magnitude of the surveillance requirements. For example a "FULL SPECTRUM" analysis (covers billions of frequencies) for a 3 bedroom 2 bath home, with approximately 1800 sq ft, would require about 8 hours at $125.00 per hour. Accordingly the price shown as a 'Buy it Now' price represents one hour and travel / per diem is over and above the hourly rate on site. Counter measure surveillance can be conducted in one hour for all common hidden transmitter frequencies for a 800 sq ft area, however we strongly recommend a "Full Spectrum" analysis to ensure full coverage of the billions of frequency possibilities. A certified engineer with over 15 years plus experience will conduct the analysis and a report will be issued along with any immediate remedial actions required to eliminate discovered RF devices. In addition to this service, we can analyze any radio transmission device up to and including 40 Ghz for field strength, frequency, spurious radiation, bandwidth, stability etc. Contract with confidence to acquire the best in professional services! Call 918/688-3978 _____ --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.830 / Virus Database: 565 - Release Date: 1/6/2005 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] 10529 From: Date: Sun Jan 9, 2005 5:46am Subject: TICSA Can anybody tell me what a TICSA is please, sounds like a nasty illness. David McGauley England [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] 10530 From: Date: Sun Jan 9, 2005 5:55am Subject: Re: Once more into the breach In a message dated 09/01/2005 00:44:05 GMT Standard Time, jmatk@t... writes: ACT III. SCENE I. France. Before Harfleur King Henry urging his men on at the siege of Harfleur. Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more; Or close the wall up with our English dead. In peace there's nothing so becomes a man As modest stillness and humility; But when the blast of war blows in our ears, Then imitate the action of the tiger: Stiffen the sinews, summon up the blood, Disguise fair nature with hard-favour'd rage; Then lend the eye a terrible aspect; Let it pry through the portage of the head Like the brass cannon: let the brow o'erwhelm it As fearfully as doth a galled rock O'erhang and jutty his confounded base, Swill'd with the wild and wasteful ocean. Now set the teeth and stretch the nostril wide; Hold hard the breath, and bend up every spirit To his full height. On, on, you noblest English, Whose blood is fet from fathers of war-proof- Fathers that like so many Alexanders Have in these parts from morn till even fought, And sheath'd their swords for lack of argument. Dishonour not your mothers; now attest That those whom you call'd fathers did beget you. Be copy now to men of grosser blood, And teach them how to war. And you, good yeomen, Whose limbs were made in England, show us here The mettle of your pasture; let us swear That you are worth your breeding- which I doubt not; For there is none of you so mean and base That hath not noble lustre in your eyes. I see you stand like greyhounds in the slips, Straining upon the start. The game's afoot: Follow your spirit; and upon this charge Cry 'God for Harry, England, and Saint George!' ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---------------------- We Expertly Hunt Real Spies, Real Eavesdroppers, and Real Wiretappers. ------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------- James M. Atkinson Phone: (978) 546-3803 Granite Island Group Fax: (978) 546-9467 127 Eastern Avenue #291 Web: http://www.tscm.com/ Gloucester, MA 01931-8008 Email: mailto:jmatk@t... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---------------------- World Class, Professional, Ethical, and Competent Bug Sweeps, and Wiretap Detection using Sophisticated Laboratory Grade Test Equipment. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---------------------- ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Has someone you know been affected by illness or disease? Network for Good is THE place to support health awareness efforts! _Click Here!_ (http://us.click.yahoo.com/Rcy2bD/UOnJAA/cosFAA/UBhwlB/TM) --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> ======================================================== TSCM-L Technical Security Mailing List "In a multitude of counselors there is strength" To subscribe to the TSCM-L mailing list visit: http://www.yahoogroups.com/community/TSCM-L It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion. It is by the juice of Star Bucks that thoughts acquire speed, the hands acquire shaking, the shaking is a warning. It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion. =================================================== TSKS Yahoo! Groups Links Well said Jim but there were Scots Welshmen and Irishmen there at the time so you may get a few complaints. I am seriously considering the AOR SR 2000 Surveillance Receiver due out early this year Its marketed as a cross bt the AR-ONE and the AR8600MK2 pretty much same spec as both I asked this question a few months ago nobody had an opinion so I am trying again I have no experience of AOR David McGauley TSCM [Technical Surveillance and Countermeasures] Electronic Surveillance and Sweep Specialist Electrical/Electronics Engineer ex Police Demtec House Ormskirk Lancs L390HF UK 01695558544 07866206112 demtec@a..._ www.demtec.co.uk_ (http://www.demtec.co.uk/) The manufacture and installation of custom designed covert electronic audio and video devices. Sweep Services - Professional physical and Electronic countermeasures utilising state of the art laboratory radio scanning and detection equipment. Note: Any fellow WAPI and UKPIN members welcome to phone or call in to discuss projects and applications or simply for free advice. Workshop located alongside M58 junc 3. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] 10531 From: Andy Moore Date: Sun Jan 9, 2005 11:26am Subject: Re: Once more into the breach Dave, we had cause to look at the birdies within the AR5000+3 recently and there plenty of them - given that the 5000 is 'top of the range' it seems fair to conclude that all other AOR radios will harbour similar birdies thus you need to consider the possibility of missing some signals (for whatever purpose you might be using the receiver). Andy M PS No complaints about the Shakespeare quotation but I'm a bigger fan of the Corries' writings myself! ----- Original Message ----- From: To: Sent: Sunday, January 09, 2005 4:55 PM Subject: Re: [TSCM-L] Once more into the breach > > > > In a message dated 09/01/2005 00:44:05 GMT Standard Time, jmatk@t... > writes: > > > > ACT III. > SCENE I. > France. Before Harfleur > King Henry urging his men on at the siege of Harfleur. > > Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more; > Or close the wall up with our English dead. > In peace there's nothing so becomes a man > As modest stillness and humility; > But when the blast of war blows in our ears, > Then imitate the action of the tiger: > Stiffen the sinews, summon up the blood, > Disguise fair nature with hard-favour'd rage; > Then lend the eye a terrible aspect; > Let it pry through the portage of the head > Like the brass cannon: let the brow o'erwhelm it > As fearfully as doth a galled rock > O'erhang and jutty his confounded base, > Swill'd with the wild and wasteful ocean. > Now set the teeth and stretch the nostril wide; > Hold hard the breath, and bend up every spirit > To his full height. On, on, you noblest English, > Whose blood is fet from fathers of war-proof- > Fathers that like so many Alexanders > Have in these parts from morn till even fought, > And sheath'd their swords for lack of argument. > Dishonour not your mothers; now attest > That those whom you call'd fathers did beget you. > Be copy now to men of grosser blood, > And teach them how to war. And you, good yeomen, > Whose limbs were made in England, show us here > The mettle of your pasture; let us swear > That you are worth your breeding- which I doubt not; > For there is none of you so mean and base > That hath not noble lustre in your eyes. > I see you stand like greyhounds in the slips, > Straining upon the start. The game's afoot: > Follow your spirit; and upon this charge > Cry 'God for Harry, England, and Saint George!' > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > ---------------------- > We Expertly Hunt Real Spies, Real Eavesdroppers, and Real Wiretappers. > ------------------------------------------------- > --------------------------------------------------- > James M. Atkinson Phone: (978) 546-3803 > Granite Island Group Fax: (978) 546-9467 > 127 Eastern Avenue #291 Web: http://www.tscm.com/ > Gloucester, MA 01931-8008 Email: mailto:jmatk@t... > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > ---------------------- > World Class, Professional, Ethical, and Competent Bug Sweeps, and > Wiretap Detection using Sophisticated Laboratory Grade Test Equipment. > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > ---------------------- > > > > > > ======================================================== > TSCM-L Technical Security Mailing List > "In a multitude of counselors there is strength" > > To subscribe to the TSCM-L mailing list visit: > http://www.yahoogroups.com/community/TSCM-L > > It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion. > It is by the juice of Star Bucks that thoughts acquire speed, > the hands acquire shaking, the shaking is a warning. > It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion. > =================================================== TSKS > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > Well said Jim but there were Scots Welshmen and Irishmen there at the time > so you may get a few complaints. > I am seriously considering the AOR SR 2000 Surveillance Receiver due out > early this year > Its marketed as a cross bt the AR-ONE and the AR8600MK2 pretty much same > spec as both > I asked this question a few months ago nobody had an opinion so I am trying > again > I have no experience of AOR > > > David McGauley > TSCM [Technical Surveillance and Countermeasures] > Electronic Surveillance and Sweep Specialist > Electrical/Electronics Engineer ex Police > Demtec House > Ormskirk > Lancs L390HF > UK > 01695558544 > 07866206112 > demtec@a..._ www.demtec.co.uk_ (http://www.demtec.co.uk/) > > The manufacture and installation of custom designed covert electronic audio > and video devices. > Sweep Services - Professional physical and Electronic countermeasures > utilising state of the art laboratory radio scanning and detection equipment. > Note: Any fellow WAPI and UKPIN members welcome to phone or call in to > discuss projects and applications or simply for free advice. > Workshop located alongside M58 junc 3. > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > ======================================================== > TSCM-L Technical Security Mailing List > "In a multitude of counselors there is strength" > > To subscribe to the TSCM-L mailing list visit: > http://www.yahoogroups.com/community/TSCM-L > > It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion. > It is by the juice of Star Bucks that thoughts acquire speed, > the hands acquire shaking, the shaking is a warning. > It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion. > =================================================== TSKS > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > 10532 From: G P Date: Sun Jan 9, 2005 0:50pm Subject: Re: vonage? Depends on who the threat is. If you're concerned about crusty lawyers and their linemen buddies from the local telco, then broadband is the way to go. If your opponent is more high tech and has access to a skilled hacker, then sniffing SIP is trivial, especially on shared layer-2 segments such as broadband cable. A Russian group disassembled the Motorola cable modem firmware a few years ago and discovered most cable modems are running a VXworks RTOS variant; after hacking the hardware, they released several new firmware images and a special cable (http://www.tcniso.net) which allows for sniffing of broadband network traffic from a cable modem (as well as a host of other features, such as unlimited bandwidth etc). Most providers don't have encryption turned on via DOCSIS, in addition if you aren't statically hardcoding the MAC address of your default route then any one of a number of tools can be used to redirect traffic on a broadband cable segment, to and from your PC, via ARP cache poisoning. Same thing on DSL segments, although it's a bit more complicated and depends on how the DSLAM is configured. VoIP via leased line circuit (T1 for example) would be the safest, especially if you are quashing or rewriting CLID on outbound VoIP calls so people can't track back the toll records tied to a specific phone number account. Do a Google for "Fox News" +AMDOCS, toll records are pretty easy to gain access to, and lots of foreign companies are handling the processing of telephone billing records. Our national comms are as porous as our physical borders. Asterisk to Asterisk (http://www.asterisk.org) gateways, with encrypted VPN links in the middle are very secure for interoffice comms, provided each branch network is secured from outside attack with a stateful inspection firewall. --- littledog wrote: > > > Hello, could anyone out the give me their insight on > the new broadband cable phone services? Are they > more or less secure and since it seems that > everything is controlled through a website (or is > it?) like customizing the service to a record of all > incoming and outgoing calls, are they vulnerable to > hackers? I'm new and still in the little red > schoolhouse..thanx > > > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! 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Anyone know anything about these people...? http://www.tscmnetwork.com/ TSCM Network Post Office Box 842 Millbrook, AL 36054, USA. 10534 From: Date: Sun Jan 9, 2005 10:17am Subject: Re: Comments... In a message dated 1/9/2005 12:20:26 PM Pacific Standard Time, tscmteam@o... writes: http://www.tscmnetwork.com/ website picture [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] 10535 From: John and Sheryl Date: Sun Jan 9, 2005 1:04am Subject: RE: E-bay Bug Sweep Now I have seen everything, just last week he was selling shoes, now sweep, next week.....to be continued... 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A certified engineer with over 15 years plus experience will conduct the analysis and a report will be issued along with any immediate remedial actions required to eliminate discovered RF devices. In addition to this service, we can analyze any radio transmission device up to and including 40 Ghz for field strength, frequency, spurious radiation, bandwidth, stability etc. Contract with confidence to acquire the best in professional services! Call 918/688-3978 _____ --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.830 / Virus Database: 565 - Release Date: 1/6/2005 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ======================================================== TSCM-L Technical Security Mailing List "In a multitude of counselors there is strength" To subscribe to the TSCM-L mailing list visit: http://www.yahoogroups.com/community/TSCM-L It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion. It is by the juice of Star Bucks that thoughts acquire speed, the hands acquire shaking, the shaking is a warning. It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion. =================================================== TSKS ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Yahoo! Groups Links a.. To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TSCM-L/ b.. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: TSCM-L-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com c.. Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] 10536 From: mark de Boer Date: Sun Jan 9, 2005 3:14am Subject: Re: E-bay Bug Sweep Interesting company, and very inexpencive too, 125 dollar per our rate, how can they bring 250000 dollar in equipment and then stil make some money. M.de Boer RRB security Hawkspirit wrote: How about an e-bay bug sweep HYPERLINK "http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=317&item=3865048754& rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW"http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category= 317&item=3865048754&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW Electronic Surveillance - Counter Measures - Services Item number: 3865048754 You are signed in Highborne F. S. Inc. is a company specializing in Electronic Countermeasures to detect, locate, and eleminate unwanted and illegal wireless devices to protect your privacy. Hidden video and voice transmission devices can compromise your privacy through anything you say or do in the vacinity of a hidden microphone, camera , or other transmitting devices. We are not a company that sends a technician out with a little $100 or $200 hand held detector that in most cases will miss 90% of the hidden devices. 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[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] 10537 From: Ian Wraith Date: Sun Jan 9, 2005 11:26am Subject: Re: Once more into the breach Hello DEMTEC@A... wrote: > I am seriously considering the AOR SR 2000 Surveillance Receiver due out > early this year Its marketed as a cross bt the AR-ONE and the > AR8600MK2 pretty much same spec as both > I asked this question a few months ago nobody had an opinion so I am > trying again I have no experience of AOR I haven't used a SR-2000 and I don't think AOR had one at the Leicester show this year. I have used the AOR SDU-5000 at work and that is easy to use and understand if a little slow. However the SDU-5500 seems to have cured the speed problem. If the SR-2000 is what it appears to be (a SDU-5500 mated to a AOR-8600) then it will be a nice bit of kit. Obviously not as good as an Agilent analyser but a lot cheaper. As for AOR I am a big fan and the support here in the UK (provided by an office in Derby) is fantastic and they are always very helpful to users when other manufacturers just ignore you. I always recomend AOR receivers to customers who ask me which tracking receiver to use. Regards Ian 10538 From: Robin Hunter Date: Sun Jan 9, 2005 0:55pm Subject: Re- One more into the Breach Well spotted Dave McGauley, any reading of the history of the British Army will illustrate that the Scots Irish and Welsh played a disproportionate part in the building of 'Empire' and this continues today, for example the recent move of the Black Watch in Iraq and the subsequent announcement by President Blair's government of their proposed disbandment. For hundreds of years, wherever Britain has been involved in conflict the 'Jocks' have been in the frontline, I am pretty sure Shakespeare's military record is as distinguished as Tony Blair's. regards from Edinburgh, ROBIN HUNTER AEGIS INTELLIGENCE LIMITED "KNOWLEDGE IS POWER" Member of EPIC (www.epic-uk.com) tel. 0131 312 8480 fax. 087 0132 8085 mobile. 07790900005 email. enquiries@a... www.aegisintelligence.co.uk Standby Member of Missingkin.com www.missingkin.com This message and any attachments are confidential and strictly for the use of the intended recipient. If you are not the intended recipient or the person responsible for delivery to the intended recipient, be aware that you have received this message in error and that any use is strictly prohibited. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] 10539 From: cornolio Date: Sun Jan 9, 2005 2:56pm Subject: Best wishes and some info Hello List, First of all I would like to whish you all the best for 2005! I hope the list will keep up the high quality postings I have seen last year. I would like to point a few things that caught my attention lately. The first one is Tor: An anonymous Internet communication system. This is very promising, especially since here in Holland providers are (going to be) forced to keep huge traffic logs of all sites and URL's visited by their customers! I have TOR running here, and they are not going to snoop my web behavior , and keep the logs till the end of times :) TOR now sponsored by the EFF : http://tor.eff.org/ And together with my friend Rop I wrote a small whitepaper on a new lock vulnerability. With this technique you can open practically any pin tumbler lock, including some (very) high security ones, in seconds, without leaving (much of) a trace. What is needed is a prepared key, a hammer and little training. A video shot at the CCC congress in Berlin will be online soon, but in the meantime you might want to read the whitepaper and upgrade your locks! http://www.toool.nl/bumping.pdf (less then one Mb) Greetings, Barry Wels 10540 From: Samuel Hayes Date: Sun Jan 9, 2005 8:57pm Subject: Re: Re: Microphones This string of responses seems to have gotten away from the original question about the microphones, so to divert attention back to that I will attempt to answer as a TSCM neophyte. I would think that a microphone placed more then 20 ft from the subject would not be efficient due to the amount of ambient noise in the environment. It would probably take a professional sound engineer and alot of expensive CSI like doohickeys to filter out the surounding noise and gain access to the relevant audio...but I could be wrong. Just an educated guess ( i hope). --- secureoffice wrote: > > Jim > > It's not my place to comment on the relationship > between two people or > how they behave. I was simply pointing out the fact. > It was not meant > as a condemnation or opposite. As a list owner you > are perfectly > entitled to do what you see fit. However, it's not > my place to comment > on who was right or wrong, and I won't. > > I was simply letting Mr Garrett know that he should > contact Steve > directly should he require his specific response. > > I trust the matter requires no further explanation. > > Kindest regards > > -Ois > > > > > > > > > > --- In TSCM-L@yahoogroups.com, "James M. Atkinson" > wrote: > > > > Ois, > > > > The only time that I have ever banned or removed > someone from the > list is > > when that person becomes extremely disruptive and > rude or abusive to > the > > list membership, or if I catch them doing naughty, > naughty things. > > > > Steve was indeed banned from this group a few > months back, but only > after > > his repeat transgressions significantly exceeded > his welcome and my > > tolerance of his often offensive Prima Donna > behavior. tripped the > squelch > > circuit. He was given ample time to mend his > behavior for at least six > > month before his being banned. > > > > "sapiens timet et declinat malum stultus > transilit et confidit, > > Proverb14:16 > > > > The list needs good communications, and a place > where members can ask > > questions and discuss all levels of TSCM from the > beginner and > apprentice > > levels to the Technician and Engineering levels. > The list exists to > > improve the profession, and for no other purpose. > > > > Also, greetz to the list members who are going out > to the Little Red > School > > house for the first time, enjoy the daily commute > (you know who you > are). > > > > -jma > > > > > > > > At 02:26 PM 1/5/2005, secureoffice wrote: > > > > > > >Steve was banned from the group by the group > owner, you'll need to > > >email him directly if you want his opinion. > > > > > >Regards > > > > > >-Ois > > > > > > > > >--- In TSCM-L@yahoogroups.com, "DJ" > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > Steve you could probably answer this one. In > the movie Enemy of the > > > > State (steve did a great job here), I saw many > microphones used at > > > > long ranges to listen into the subjects > conversations. Does anyone > > > > have any whitepapers or any other information > on the availability of > > > > microphones that will work at a distance of > over 20 feet from the > > > > subject? > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > IT2 Garrett > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > We Expertly Hunt Real Spies, Real Eavesdroppers, > and Real Wiretappers. > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > James M. 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So do we. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail 10541 From: Date: Sun Jan 9, 2005 10:07pm Subject: Re: Once more into the breach In a message dated 09/01/2005 17:30:06 GMT Standard Time, ASMoore@A... writes: Dave, we had cause to look at the birdies within the AR5000+3 recently and there plenty of them - given that the 5000 is 'top of the range' it seems fair to conclude that all other AOR radios will harbour similar birdies thus you need to consider the possibility of missing some signals (for whatever purpose you might be using the receiver). Andy M PS No complaints about the Shakespeare quotation but I'm a bigger fan of the Corries' writings myself! ----- Original Message ----- From: To: Sent: Sunday, January 09, 2005 4:55 PM Subject: Re: [TSCM-L] Once more into the breach > > > > In a message dated 09/01/2005 00:44:05 GMT Standard Time, jmatk@t... > writes: > > > > ACT III. > SCENE I. > France. Before Harfleur > King Henry urging his men on at the siege of Harfleur. > > Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more; > Or close the wall up with our English dead. > In peace there's nothing so becomes a man > As modest stillness and humility; > But when the blast of war blows in our ears, > Then imitate the action of the tiger: > Stiffen the sinews, summon up the blood, > Disguise fair nature with hard-favour'd rage; > Then lend the eye a terrible aspect; > Let it pry through the portage of the head > Like the brass cannon: let the brow o'erwhelm it > As fearfully as doth a galled rock > O'erhang and jutty his confounded base, > Swill'd with the wild and wasteful ocean. > Now set the teeth and stretch the nostril wide; > Hold hard the breath, and bend up every spirit > To his full height. On, on, you noblest English, > Whose blood is fet from fathers of war-proof- > Fathers that like so many Alexanders > Have in these parts from morn till even fought, > And sheath'd their swords for lack of argument. > Dishonour not your mothers; now attest > That those whom you call'd fathers did beget you. > Be copy now to men of grosser blood, > And teach them how to war. And you, good yeomen, > Whose limbs were made in England, show us here > The mettle of your pasture; let us swear > That you are worth your breeding- which I doubt not; > For there is none of you so mean and base > That hath not noble lustre in your eyes. > I see you stand like greyhounds in the slips, > Straining upon the start. The game's afoot: > Follow your spirit; and upon this charge > Cry 'God for Harry, England, and Saint George!' > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > ---------------------- > We Expertly Hunt Real Spies, Real Eavesdroppers, and Real Wiretappers. > ------------------------------------------------- > --------------------------------------------------- > James M. Atkinson Phone: (978) 546-3803 > Granite Island Group Fax: (978) 546-9467 > 127 Eastern Avenue #291 Web: http://www.tscm.com/ > Gloucester, MA 01931-8008 Email: mailto:jmatk@t... > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > ---------------------- > World Class, Professional, Ethical, and Competent Bug Sweeps, and > Wiretap Detection using Sophisticated Laboratory Grade Test Equipment. > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > ---------------------- > > > > > > ======================================================== > TSCM-L Technical Security Mailing List > "In a multitude of counselors there is strength" > > To subscribe to the TSCM-L mailing list visit: > http://www.yahoogroups.com/community/TSCM-L > > It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion. > It is by the juice of Star Bucks that thoughts acquire speed, > the hands acquire shaking, the shaking is a warning. > It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion. > =================================================== TSKS > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > Well said Jim but there were Scots Welshmen and Irishmen there at the time > so you may get a few complaints. > I am seriously considering the AOR SR 2000 Surveillance Receiver due out > early this year > Its marketed as a cross bt the AR-ONE and the AR8600MK2 pretty much same > spec as both > I asked this question a few months ago nobody had an opinion so I am trying > again > I have no experience of AOR > > > David McGauley > TSCM [Technical Surveillance and Countermeasures] > Electronic Surveillance and Sweep Specialist > Electrical/Electronics Engineer ex Police > Demtec House > Ormskirk > Lancs L390HF > UK > 01695558544 > 07866206112 > demtec@a..._ www.demtec.co.uk_ (http://www.demtec.co.uk/) > > The manufacture and installation of custom designed covert electronic audio > and video devices. > Sweep Services - Professional physical and Electronic countermeasures > utilising state of the art laboratory radio scanning and detection equipment. > Note: Any fellow WAPI and UKPIN members welcome to phone or call in to > discuss projects and applications or simply for free advice. > Workshop located alongside M58 junc 3. > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > ======================================================== > TSCM-L Technical Security Mailing List > "In a multitude of counselors there is strength" > > To subscribe to the TSCM-L mailing list visit: > http://www.yahoogroups.com/community/TSCM-L > > It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion. > It is by the juice of Star Bucks that thoughts acquire speed, > the hands acquire shaking, the shaking is a warning. > It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion. > =================================================== TSKS > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Has someone you know been affected by illness or disease? Network for Good is THE place to support health awareness efforts! _Click Here!_ (http://us.click.yahoo.com/Rcy2bD/UOnJAA/cosFAA/UBhwlB/TM) --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> ======================================================== TSCM-L Technical Security Mailing List "In a multitude of counselors there is strength" To subscribe to the TSCM-L mailing list visit: http://www.yahoogroups.com/community/TSCM-L It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion. It is by the juice of Star Bucks that thoughts acquire speed, the hands acquire shaking, the shaking is a warning. It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion. =================================================== TSKS Yahoo! Groups Links Thanks for that Andy and noted Many thanks Dave David McGauley TSCM [Technical Surveillance and Countermeasures] Electronic Surveillance and Sweep Specialist Electrical/Electronics Engineer ex Police Demtec House Ormskirk Lancs L390HF UK 01695558544 07866206112 demtec@a..._ www.demtec.co.uk_ (http://www.demtec.co.uk/) The manufacture and installation of custom designed covert electronic audio and video devices. Sweep Services - Professional physical and Electronic countermeasures utilising state of the art laboratory radio scanning and detection equipment. Note: Any fellow WAPI and UKPIN members welcome to phone or call in to discuss projects and applications or simply for free advice. Workshop located alongside M58 junc 3. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] 10542 From: Date: Sun Jan 9, 2005 10:13pm Subject: Re: Once more into the breach In a message dated 10/01/2005 00:27:22 GMT Standard Time, i.wraith@s... writes: Hello DEMTEC@A... wrote: > I am seriously considering the AOR SR 2000 Surveillance Receiver due out > early this year Its marketed as a cross bt the AR-ONE and the > AR8600MK2 pretty much same spec as both > I asked this question a few months ago nobody had an opinion so I am > trying again I have no experience of AOR I haven't used a SR-2000 and I don't think AOR had one at the Leicester show this year. I have used the AOR SDU-5000 at work and that is easy to use and understand if a little slow. However the SDU-5500 seems to have cured the speed problem. If the SR-2000 is what it appears to be (a SDU-5500 mated to a AOR-8600) then it will be a nice bit of kit. Obviously not as good as an Agilent analyser but a lot cheaper. As for AOR I am a big fan and the support here in the UK (provided by an office in Derby) is fantastic and they are always very helpful to users when other manufacturers just ignore you. I always recomend AOR receivers to customers who ask me which tracking receiver to use. Regards Ian ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Has someone you know been affected by illness or disease? Network for Good is THE place to support health awareness efforts! _Click Here!_ (http://us.click.yahoo.com/Rcy2bD/UOnJAA/cosFAA/UBhwlB/TM) --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> ======================================================== TSCM-L Technical Security Mailing List "In a multitude of counselors there is strength" To subscribe to the TSCM-L mailing list visit: http://www.yahoogroups.com/community/TSCM-L It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion. It is by the juice of Star Bucks that thoughts acquire speed, the hands acquire shaking, the shaking is a warning. It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion. =================================================== TSKS Yahoo! Groups Links Thanks Ian Yes I also found the AOR agent here very friendly and helpful. I would not use this device to replace my Spectrum Analyser. I have not heard anything to put me off buying the SR2000 yet Regards Dave David McGauley TSCM [Technical Surveillance and Countermeasures] Electronic Surveillance and Sweep Specialist Electrical/Electronics Engineer ex Police Demtec House Ormskirk Lancs L390HF UK 01695558544 07866206112 demtec@a..._ www.demtec.co.uk_ (http://www.demtec.co.uk/) The manufacture and installation of custom designed covert electronic audio and video devices. Sweep Services - Professional physical and Electronic countermeasures utilising state of the art laboratory radio scanning and detection equipment. Note: Any fellow WAPI and UKPIN members welcome to phone or call in to discuss projects and applications or simply for free advice. Workshop located alongside M58 junc 3. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] 10543 From: Date: Sun Jan 9, 2005 10:22pm Subject: AOR 2000 Photo In a message dated 10/01/2005 09:14:09 GMT Standard Time, DEMTEC@A... writes: In a message dated 10/01/2005 00:27:22 GMT Standard Time, i.wraith@s... writes: Hello DEMTEC@A... wrote: > I am seriously considering the AOR SR 2000 Surveillance Receiver due out > early this year Its marketed as a cross bt the AR-ONE and the > AR8600MK2 pretty much same spec as both > I asked this question a few months ago nobody had an opinion so I am > trying again I have no experience of AOR I haven't used a SR-2000 and I don't think AOR had one at the Leicester show this year. I have used the AOR SDU-5000 at work and that is easy to use and understand if a little slow. However the SDU-5500 seems to have cured the speed problem. If the SR-2000 is what it appears to be (a SDU-5500 mated to a AOR-8600) then it will be a nice bit of kit. Obviously not as good as an Agilent analyser but a lot cheaper. As for AOR I am a big fan and the support here in the UK (provided by an office in Derby) is fantastic and they are always very helpful to users when other manufacturers just ignore you. I always recomend AOR receivers to customers who ask me which tracking receiver to use. Regards Ian ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Has someone you know been affected by illness or disease? Network for Good is THE place to support health awareness efforts! _Click Here!_ (http://us.click.yahoo.com/Rcy2bD/UOnJAA/cosFAA/UBhwlB/TM) --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> ======================================================== TSCM-L Technical Security Mailing List "In a multitude of counselors there is strength" To subscribe to the TSCM-L mailing list visit: http://www.yahoogroups.com/community/TSCM-L It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion. It is by the juice of Star Bucks that thoughts acquire speed, the hands acquire shaking, the shaking is a warning. It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion. =================================================== TSKS Yahoo! Groups Links Thanks Ian Yes I also found the AOR agent here very friendly and helpful. I would not use this device to replace my Spectrum Analyser. I have not heard anything to put me off buying the SR2000 yet Regards Dave David McGauley TSCM [Technical Surveillance and Countermeasures] Electronic Surveillance and Sweep Specialist Electrical/Electronics Engineer ex Police Demtec House Ormskirk Lancs L390HF UK 01695558544 07866206112 demtec@a..._ www.demtec.co.uk_ (http://www.demtec.co.uk/) The manufacture and installation of custom designed covert electronic audio and video devices. Sweep Services - Professional physical and Electronic countermeasures utilising state of the art laboratory radio scanning and detection equipment. Note: Any fellow WAPI and UKPIN members welcome to phone or call in to discuss projects and applications or simply for free advice. Workshop located alongside M58 junc 3. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> In low income neighborhoods, 84% do not own computers. At Network for Good, help bridge the Digital Divide! _Click Here!_ (http://us.click.yahoo.com/EpW3eD/3MnJAA/cosFAA/UBhwlB/TM) --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> ======================================================== TSCM-L Technical Security Mailing List "In a multitude of counselors there is strength" To subscribe to the TSCM-L mailing list visit: http://www.yahoogroups.com/community/TSCM-L It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion. It is by the juice of Star Bucks that thoughts acquire speed, the hands acquire shaking, the shaking is a warning. It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion. =================================================== TSKS Yahoo! Groups Links I have a very good quality A4 sized picture of the SR2000 supplied by AOR UK if any body would like a copy please let me know Dave David McGauley TSCM [Technical Surveillance and Countermeasures] Electronic Surveillance and Sweep Specialist Electrical/Electronics Engineer ex Police Demtec House Ormskirk Lancs L390HF UK 01695558544 07866206112 demtec@a..._ www.demtec.co.uk_ (http://www.demtec.co.uk/) The manufacture and installation of custom designed covert electronic audio and video devices. Sweep Services - Professional physical and Electronic countermeasures utilising state of the art laboratory radio scanning and detection equipment. Note: Any fellow WAPI and UKPIN members welcome to phone or call in to discuss projects and applications or simply for free advice. Workshop located alongside M58 junc 3. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] 10544 From: Date: Mon Jan 10, 2005 8:38am Subject: Re: TICSA It stands for "TruSecure ICSA Certified Security Associate". It's a certification that complements the CISSP. More details are at: http://www.trusecure.com/knowledge/ticsa/index.shtml Note that TruSecure recently merged with Betrusted and now they go by the name Cybertrust, so the acronym may change to "CICSA" soon. 10545 From: Date: Mon Jan 10, 2005 9:19am Subject: Re: Vonage/VoIP Am I mistaken: I understood that Skype (another VoIP service) IS encrypted and thus much harder, if not impossible, to hack compared to Vonage or Pulver or... Sgt. Kirk Sewell Illinois State Police, Technical Investigations 500 Iles Park Place, Suite 300 Springfield, IL 62718 (217) 524-6079 office (217) 467-4211 pager (217) 836-0919 mobile 10546 From: Tech Sec Lab Date: Mon Jan 10, 2005 11:38am Subject: RE: One more into the Breach [OT] LOL, reminds me of Rowan Atkinson's line, something like: ...and look, the machine gunning of 20,000 young men in 20 seconds just so Field Marshall Hague can move his drinks cabinet 6 inches closer to Berlin.... -Ois ********************************** Message: 10 Date: Sun, 9 Jan 2005 18:55:03 -0000 From: "Robin Hunter" Subject: Re- One more into the Breach Well spotted Dave McGauley, any reading of the history of the British Army will illustrate that the Scots Irish and Welsh played a disproportionate part in the building of 'Empire' and this continues today, for example the recent move of the Black Watch in Iraq and the subsequent announcement by President Blair's government of their proposed disbandment. For hundreds of years, wherever Britain has been involved in conflict the 'Jocks' have been in the frontline, I am pretty sure Shakespeare's military record is as distinguished as Tony Blair's. regards from Edinburgh, ROBIN HUNTER AEGIS INTELLIGENCE LIMITED "KNOWLEDGE IS POWER" Member of EPIC (www.epic-uk.com) tel. 0131 312 8480 fax. 087 0132 8085 mobile. 07790900005 email. enquiries@a... www.aegisintelligence.co.uk Standby Member of Missingkin.com www.missingkin.com 10547 From: Tech Sec Lab Date: Mon Jan 10, 2005 11:51am Subject: Boeing probe intensifies over secret Lockheed papers Boeing probe intensifies over secret Lockheed papers By David Bowermaster Seattle Times aerospace reporter When Boeing fired a 60-year-old engineer named Ken Branch in 1999, he was cited for possessing proprietary Lockheed Martin rocket data in violation of company policy. Boeing and Lockheed were rival contenders for an enormous Air Force rocket program that both considered key to their future military and space prospects. And Branch, who had previously worked for Lockheed, apparently brought the documents with him when he joined the competition. Despite the intense rivalry over the rocket program, Boeing promptly alerted Lockheed and the Air Force that it had found the documents in Branch's files - a total of seven pages. That disclosure seemed like an impressive act of corporate honesty - until three years later, when Boeing attorneys let slip that the document trove found in Branch's cubicle actually contained 3,000 pages of Lockheed papers. When the Air Force later asked Boeing for a complete accounting, the tally mushroomed to 25,000 pages. Troubled by Boeing's constantly changing story and the massive quantity of purloined Lockheed trade secrets unearthed by subsequent reviews - more than 66,000 pages to date, held by at least five different Boeing workers - the Justice Department and Lockheed are investigating exactly how Branch came to join Boeing, how much information he may have taken with him and how it was used. And because of the document scandal, the Pentagon in 2003 stripped Boeing of launches worth $1 billion and suspended its rocket division from bidding for new government business. But the worst may be yet to come. Ongoing criminal and civil inquiries have spread into many corners of Boeing's $27 billion Integrated Defense Systems unit. Current and former Boeing executives could face indictments, and Boeing could owe Lockheed billions of dollars in damages. Additionally, the probes have intersected with the ever-expanding investigations of Darleen Druyun, the former Air Force acquisitions officer who is serving a nine-month prison sentence for improperly negotiating a job with Boeing. Branch's story is an intriguing tale of corporate spies, whistle-blowers, big-dollar defense contracts and alleged cover-ups. Yet most of it might have remained secret had Boeing not chosen to fight a legal battle with Branch after firing him. High-stakes rivalry Acquisition of McDonnell Douglas keeps Boeing in the running Boeing's all-out effort to win the Air Force's massive new rocket program began as a four-way competition. The Air Force had started the so-called Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) program in 1995 to create a new generation of advanced yet affordable rockets. At the time, the government was racing to build new space-based defense and spy networks, and telecommunications providers were planning scores of commercial-satellite systems. Boeing's space and defense revenues in 1996 were $5.8 billion, small compared with its commercial aerospace sales of $16.9 billion. To capitalize on the massive growth opportunities it saw in space, Boeing had purchased the rocket divisions of Rocketdyne in 1996 and would acquire the satellite-making arm of Hughes in 2000. Anticipating a winner-take-all contract that the Air Force estimated would be worth more than $15 billion over 20 years, as well as a leg up in the commercial launch business, Boeing and its three rivals saw the EELV as a pivotal project. Boeing and one other contender were eliminated in the Air Force's first cut, on Dec. 20, 1996. But Boeing stayed in the game because five days earlier it had announced plans to merge with McDonnell Douglas, one of the two EELV finalists. Boeing formally inherited McDonnell's Delta IV rocket program when the merger closed in August 1997. At the same time the merger was being hammered out, another fateful decision was being made much lower in the ranks at McDonnell: the hiring of Ken Branch away from rival Lockheed. Nearly everyone involved in Branch's hiring and in the subsequent investigations and lawsuits declined to comment for this story, citing the litigation. But documents in the case show how Boeing's pursuit of the rocket contract may have led it beyond aggressive competition and into industrial espionage and deception. Roots of a scandal Job applicant hints he can bring Lockheed secrets with him Branch joined the Delta IV team in January 1997, not long after the Air Force selected the Delta IV and the rival Lockheed Atlas V as finalists for EELV. He was paid $77,220, a 7.5 percent raise over his salary at Lockheed. In his first job interview with future boss Bill Erskine, a manager on the Delta IV ground-operations crew, Branch displayed samples of proprietary Lockheed data and hinted he could provide more if he got a job, according to a deposition by Erskine in Branch's wrongful-termination suit. Ex-Lockheed workers were prized commodities at the time. It was not unusual for them to turn up at Boeing. With only a handful of rocket builders in the United States, job switchers often moved from one competitor to another. In March of that same year, Frank Slazer, director of Delta IV business development, instructed his staff to interview former Lockheed employees "regarding their thoughts and impressions of Lockheed Martin's probable approach" to the EELV program. He cautioned, though, that they should follow the company's ethical guidelines and not seek any proprietary information. "Whatever it took" Manager pumping for information had just completed ethics training Though Branch worked on the Delta IV ground operations crew in Titusville, Fla., he traveled 43 times to the project's headquarters in Huntington Beach, Calif., during the 18 months that Boeing was preparing its formal bid to the Air Force, according to Lockheed's civil suit. The purpose of the visits is not clear from the public record. Erskine's depositions indicate he believed Branch was being pumped for information by Boeing executives, including Larry Satchell, leader of the "capture team" tasked with gathering data about the rival Atlas V. "As far as getting competition information out of Mr. Branch, the folks in Huntington Beach were the kings," Erskine later told a Boeing lawyer during an internal investigation. In October 1998, the Air Force awarded portions of the EELV contract to both finalists. Lockheed was widely considered the superior rocket builder, but the Pentagon cited Boeing's lower prices and gave it the lion's share - 19 of the first 28 EELV launches to Lockheed's nine. The Lockheed documents in Branch's files remained a closely held secret, even within the Delta IV project, for another eight months. But in June 1999, Erskine allegedly told fellow Delta IV worker Steve Griffin about Branch's job interview, and his offer to bring the entire Lockheed rocket proposal with him if he were hired. Branch has denied any such quid pro quo. In a later deposition, Griffin said he was stunned by Erskine's story, especially since he and Erskine had just completed ethics training. But he said Erskine told him he was "hired to win" and "was going to do whatever it took." Griffin alerted Boeing's legal department. Boeing had to confront a troubling internal issue - and the likelihood of leaks: Griffin's wife, Bridget, worked for Lockheed, and Boeing feared she would tell her employer what her husband had learned. Boeing attorney Mark Rabe was dispatched to investigate. He quickly found documents marked "Lockheed proprietary" in both Branch's and Erskine's offices. That triggered the calls to Lockheed and the Air Force. Boeing attorney Gary Black informed Lockheed that Boeing had found seven pages of harmless data, and said no one except Branch or Erskine had seen or used it. Boeing Delta IV program manager Michael Kennedy called the Air Force to report the same thing. Those calls, however, vastly understated the proprietary data found in Rabe's original investigation. In a later deposition, Rabe said there was a "five- to six-inch stack" of Lockheed material on Branch's desk, and "approximately one additional box of Lockheed Martin marked information" found in subsequent searches. But an investigator for the Pentagon's Defense Criminal Investigative Service said later in a separate affidavit that Rabe's initial search turned up "approximately 3,000 pages of material and filled two document storage boxes." And when the Air Force investigated the document theft in summer 2003, it concluded that Rabe had found eight boxes containing 24,500 pages of Lockheed material. Seven pages? Or 25,000? Many documents were at first considered nonproprietary What exactly Rabe found, and when, are crucial issues as investigators try to answer a fundamental question: Did Boeing orchestrate a cover-up to deceive Lockheed and the Pentagon about the quantity of stolen data in its hands? Or, as Boeing claims, did the company innocently misclassify much of the information in Branch's cubicle as nonproprietary and thus insignificant? Five months after alerting Lockheed to the seven pages, Black called again in November 1999 to say an exhaustive investigation had revealed 197 more pages of proprietary Lockheed data at Boeing. Again, Black said no one outside of Branch or Erskine had seen or used it, and the documents were of little relevance. Boeing stuck to that story for two years. But when Boeing began fighting the wrongful-termination suit that Branch and Erskine filed over their 1999 firing, the company inadvertently revealed the full scale of the document theft. Specifically, two Florida lawyers hired to defend Boeing in March 2002 filed a "statement of undisputed facts" that acknowledged the full box of Lockheed data that Rabe had found. They notified Lockheed in November 2001 and sent it 2,700 additional pages of material beyond the 204 Black had returned in 1999. Suddenly alerted that Boeing had at least 10 times as much confidential Lockheed data as previously acknowledged, Lockheed asked for full disclosure from Black and Valerie Schurman, who was the lead lawyer for all Boeing space and communications businesses at the time. Although the two Boeing attorneys were privy to Rabe's findings from the start, they reiterated that Boeing had turned over everything it had found to Lockheed - about 3,000 pages, or 22,000 pages less than it would turn over in April 2003. Boeing explains these early discrepancies this way: It says attorney Black was aware of the roughly 3,000 pages of Lockheed material found in Branch's office in 1999. But he believed only 204 pages were truly proprietary, and those were the ones he returned to Lockheed in November 1999. Black never updated the Air Force that Boeing had found material beyond the original seven pages, but the company insists that was merely an oversight. "We've been very candid with the Air Force," said Boeing spokesman Dan Beck. "Mistakes were made, follow-ups were not done that ought to have been done." The Air Force, in April 2003, made a specific written request to see all Lockheed material found in the offices of Branch and Erskine. A new Boeing attorney handling the case then sent the Air Force and Lockheed 22,000 pages of data. This massive document dump prompted Air Force deputy general counsel Steven Shaw to conclude in an investigative report that Boeing hadn't been straight with the government from 1999 to 2003. "The information Boeing provided to [Lockheed] and the Air Force was false and misleading," he wrote. Boeing insists those thousands of pages beyond the initial 3,000 found by Rabe were not reported because they were innocently misplaced. In 1999, Rabe retrieved everything in Branch's office that he believed might be sensitive Lockheed material, said Boeing spokesman Beck. But around 15,000 pages of Lockheed material from Branch's office were deemed inconsequential, so a member of Boeing's security staff boxed them up and sent them to external Boeing lawyers for storage. An additional 7,000 pages of documents found in a technical library, and allegedly brought to Boeing by Branch, were sent to the same lawyers. There, they were ignored for more than three years. More to come "Substantial violations of federal law," Air Force undersecretary charges The Air Force came down hard on Boeing after the April 2003 disclosures. Within three months, Undersecretary of the Air Force Pete Teets stripped Boeing of seven launches worth $1 billion and reallocated them to Lockheed. He also suspended Boeing from bidding for new government launch business until the criminal investigation is complete and the Air Force is satisfied Boeing has changed its ways. That suspension has stretched for more than 19 months, and its endpoint is unknown. "Boeing has committed serious and substantial violations of federal law," Teets said at a news briefing in July 2003. The Air Force also referred the case to federal prosecutors. The U.S. Attorney in Los Angeles charged Branch and Erskine in 2003 with conspiracy to steal trade secrets. Satchell, chief of the "capture team," is a target of the probe and is likely to be charged as well, said his attorney in court papers. Branch and Erskine will be tried in March, and the criminal investigation remains active. Prosecutors have amassed more than 160,000 pages of evidence and at least nine current or former Boeing employees have testified before a federal grand jury, according to court filings last year. The same court papers revealed that Boeing acknowledged to the U.S. Attorney in 2003 that at least 10 of its workers were aware Branch possessed stolen Lockheed documents during his tenure at Boeing. Yet Boeing continues to insist that the papers were not used to determine the pricing it offered the Air Force in 1998. Meanwhile, Lockheed is pressing a civil racketeering suit that claims Branch's delivery of documents was part of a "pattern and practice by Boeing to engage in economic espionage" to win government contracts. By bringing its case under racketeering statutes, which are more often applied to organized-crime cases, Lockheed can seek triple damages if it wins. Lockheed has not specified any damages, though it claims simply developing the Atlas V cost $1 billion. A trial wouldn't begin before 2006. To prevail, Lockheed must show Boeing is a "corrupt organization" with a pattern of illegal behavior. Toward that end, Lockheed is seeking to demonstrate that Boeing has repeatedly used stolen trade secrets to win government contracts. Lockheed's civil suit cites other cases in which Boeing has been sanctioned by the government for possessing a competitor's trade secrets, most notably Raytheon documents related to a competition to build a missile that would destroy enemy warheads in flight. Boeing was forced to withdraw from the competition in December 1998 when the Air Force discovered that the company had improperly obtained and disseminated Raytheon data. And the Darleen Druyun scandal that erupted in December 2003 unexpectedly provided additional material for Lockheed investigators seeking to establish a pattern of Boeing improprieties. The former Air Force procurement official was hired by Boeing and then fired 11 months later, along with Boeing Chief Financial Officer Michael Sears. Both have pleaded guilty to holding improper job negotiations while Druyun was at the Air Force. Significantly for Lockheed's case, Druyun has admitted giving Boeing preferential treatment in the award of more than $5 billion of Air Force contracts in return for jobs for herself and members of her family. She also acknowledged that while negotiating Boeing's proposal to lease 100 767 refueling tankers to the Air Force, she gave Boeing "what at the time she considered to be proprietary pricing data supplied by another aircraft manufacturer," according to the Justice Department. Airbus, the European airplane maker, was bidding against Boeing on the tankers at the time. Lockheed made an even graver allegation in November when it asked the court in Florida to allow it to file evidence that it claims demonstrates Druyun gave Boeing Chairman Harry Stonecipher and IDS chief Jim Albaugh insights into the launch prices Lockheed had proposed during the 1998 EELV competition. Boeing has filed a that accuses Lockheed of overstating Branch's conduct. It calls the Lockheed suit "an opportunistic attempt to use the acknowledged facts surrounding the Branch incident to inflict reputational and competitive harm upon Boeing." And Boeing flatly denies that Druyun played any role in the company's EELV bidding. Battling perception Just engineers bringing samples of their work from job to job? When Stonecipher replaced Phil Condit as CEO in 2003 after the firings of Druyun and Sears, he said his top priority was "dealing with this perception that we're a bunch of crooks." That task is likely to remain on Stonecipher's "to-do" list for some time, because the outcomes of the various investigations triggered by Branch are a long way off. Since Lockheed filed its racketeering suit in 2003, Boeing has conducted several more searches for Lockheed data in its employees' files and computers. For instance, one ex-Lockheed engineer, Donald Deming, turned over more than 11,000 pages of Atlas V material he had brought with him when he joined Boeing. Another, Dean Farmer, had 24,000 pages dealing with Lockheed satellite programs. Boeing says the incidents are harmless cases of engineers innocently bringing their own work papers from one job to another. But Lockheed has used each of these incidents to expand the scope of its racketeering suit, and the U.S. Attorney is expected to investigate each Boeing worker who improperly held or used Lockheed data. A source close to the investigations indicated Lockheed believes the number could reach as high as 20 to 25 Boeing workers. David Bowermaster: dbowermaster@s... 10548 From: James M. Atkinson Date: Mon Jan 10, 2005 0:07pm Subject: Computer crime to cost exec $27,000 Computer crime to cost exec $27,000 Date: January 09, 2005 Source: NOLA.com http://www.nola.com/ By: Mary Swerczek A Luling man who was accused of digitally spying on his former company has been sentenced to home imprisonment and must pay $27,000 for breaking into the company's computer system, the U.S. attorney's office said. David W. Avgikos, 42, was sentenced Wednesday by U.S. District Judge Lance M. Africk to six months home detention with electronic monitoring and four years probation. Avgikos also must pay Turbo Squid Inc. $17,000, the amount it cost the company to secure its computer system. After Avgikos pays the restitution, he also must pay a $10,000 fine. He could not be reached for comment Friday. Avgikos had been an owner of Turbo Squid, a company that sells three-dimensional images and software online, and left after he had differences with others at the company, Assistant U.S. Attorney Tony Gordon Sanders said. While he was still at Turbo Squid, Avgikos created passwords to access the company's database and Turbo Squid's bank account maintained by Whitney National Bank, Sanders said. As head of Digimation, a company that also sells 3-D images over the Internet, Avgikos accessed those databases to spy on his former company's movements and their finances, Sanders said. The FBI began investigating after Turbo Squid found the security breech. Avgikos was indicted by a federal grand jury and pleaded guilty Sept. 22 of last year. Turbo Squid's CEO, Andy Wisdom, wouldn't comment Friday. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- We Expertly Hunt Real Spies, Real Eavesdroppers, and Real Wiretappers. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- James M. Atkinson Phone: (978) 546-3803 Granite Island Group Fax: (978) 546-9467 127 Eastern Avenue #291 Web: http://www.tscm.com/ Gloucester, MA 01931-8008 Email: mailto:jmatk@t... ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- World Class, Professional, Ethical, and Competent Bug Sweeps, and Wiretap Detection using Sophisticated Laboratory Grade Test Equipment. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10549 From: James M. Atkinson Date: Mon Jan 10, 2005 5:01pm Subject: Little cloak, less dagger http://www.sptimes.com/2005/01/09/Perspective/Little_cloak__less_da.shtml Little cloak, less dagger An ex-CIA agent talks about the real life of a spy and why she left the agency. By BILL ADAIR, Times Washington Bureau Chief Published January 9, 2005 Lindsay Moran, 35, wrote about her experiences with the CIA in "Blowing My Cover: My Life as a CIA Spy." Lindsay Moran decided she wasn't cut out to be a spy. She was drawn to the CIA by the cloak-and-dagger image and a sense of patriotism. She survived grueling training at "the Farm," the agency's famous boot camp, and ended up in Macedonia as a case officer, recruiting foreign agents to spy for the United States. But she quit after five years, unhappy with the CIA's Cold War culture, its sluggish response to terrorism and the heavy demands on her personal life. Moran, 35, has written about her experiences in a surprisingly funny book called Blowing My Cover: My Life as a CIA Spy. She spoke last week with Times Washington Bureau chief Bill Adair. Here is an edited version of that interview: Adair: Your basic cover was that you were an American diplomat. But you also pretended to be a travel writer, right? Moran: Generally you are left to make up your own cover story, which I actually think is good. It enables you to form an alias that is comfortable to you. I had always been a writer of sorts and enjoyed writing, so (being a travel writer) felt comfortable to me. Was it hard to remember who you were at any given moment? Yes it was. That was the biggest stress for me. While I was traveling, I would repeat to myself what my name was, what my birthday was. What could you tell your friends and family about your job? The agency kind of leaves it up to you to make those decisions. Some people don't tell anyone. They don't even tell anyone in their immediate family. Other people tell everyone - and that can be a problem. My mother, my father, my brother knew that I was working at the agency . . . and that I was overseas ostensibly as a diplomat. Your training at the Farm made the job look so sexy. But when you finally got overseas, it didn't seem nearly as exciting. Why? We were all aware that training didn't have a lot of relevance on what our jobs would be. It was more of a confidence builder or an Outward Bound sort of thing. Actually being a spy is a lot more banal. You are not crashing your car through barriers; you are not jumping out of planes. You are basically preying on people you think have vulnerabilities. That means spending a lot of time with people you might think are losers. I tried to target people that I thought would be interested in working for the U.S. out of ideological inspiration. But the reality of espionage is that most people do it for the money. Your job reminded me of selling Amway. You were recruiting these people, trying to build your team, paying them and buttering them up. That's a great analogy. The agency is a little bit cultish. You have to believe in what you're selling. When I got to the point where I felt like I didn't really have confidence in what I was selling, it made it 10 times more difficult for me to go out and sell. I could see why people at the agency are very nostalgic for the Cold War. That was a time when everything was so clear-cut. We were the good guys, (the Soviets) were the bad guys, and everybody really did believe in what we were selling. What about the mission didn't you believe in? I am a very patriotic person and have always believed that, no matter the faults with the American system of government, it's still the absolute best that there is. But on a personal level, it was hard for me to make an argument to people that I was targeting (that they would benefit from spying for the United States). You said the job left you "desperately lonely." Why? I cut off most of my friendships outside the agency. A friendship is obviously affected when, on some fundamental level, you are lying all the time. And that's what I was doing in all my relationships. I became increasingly uncommunicative and insular. The agency does become your family in a way. Those are the only people who know what you're doing and those are the people that you can talk to. But by the same token, it's a paranoid and secretive environment and nobody really trusts anybody else. So it's a big family, but a dysfunctional family because everybody is sort of jockeying for their own position and you all know that the rest of you are all liars. You describe lots of waste and excess - handing out $100 bills to informants who give worthless or inaccurate information. Is the CIA spending our money wisely? I don't think so. One of my personal beefs, both as a former CIA employee but also as a citizen, is that the intelligence budget remains classified, and the agency claims that it's classified because to reveal that information would be some kind threat to national security. My feeling is the threat to national security is having an intelligence agency that is not accountable for the, perhaps, $40-billion that it gets a year. There is incredible waste at the agency. One friend who worked at the agency told me that, at the end of the year, everybody got a free Palm Pilot. The deal was that they had this money they hadn't used. But they wanted to use it so that the following year, they could still get the same amount of money. Stuff like that, I'm sure, happens everywhere, but in the wake of Sept. 11, which was such a devastating intelligence failure, you would think there would be a lot more scrutiny on how money was spent. Is it true that when you paid cash to a foreign agent, you had to get them to sign a receipt? Yeah. (She laughs.) It's kind of funny that you have to cross your t's and dot your i's in that way. But at the end of the day, it's still government funds and, even if they sign it Mickey Mouse, you've got to get some sort of receipt. Why did you ultimately leave? I was in Russian language training, and we started this buildup to go to war. I wasn't an Iraqi expert, I wasn't a WMD expert. But it seemed kind of crazy that we were going to war. (Then) I was taken out of language lessons right as the war was starting and put in Iraqi Operations - not in Iraq, because we didn't have anyone in Iraq then, but in Headquarters. I thought, this is good, because now I'm going to see why we're going to war. I was really astounded. The agency tends to be a really hawkish, conservative environment. But I couldn't find anyone there who was gunning for this war. Everybody who was in the agency knew we were already really spread thin by Afghanistan. We were sending every yahoo and his brother to Kabul. And all of a sudden, we were going to start this other initiative in Iraq. The agency didn't have the people. Even though I'm critical of the agency, I'm really protective of it in terms of being portrayed as having provided the president faulty intelligence. When we were first going into Baghdad and it wasn't a cakewalk, I said to one of the heads of Iraqi Operations, "Did we say this was going to be a cakewalk?" He said, "No, we were very explicit with the administration that this is a clan society, it's going to break down." It's not going to be easy to go in there and set up a democracy, as the administration seemed to be advocating. Having very conflicted feelings about the war - my brother was a fighter pilot in the war - what I saw was that I had joined this organization to serve my country. And over the course of the five years I was there, I realized that you end up serving the organization over your country. And once I realized that I didn't know who the CIA was serving I just decided I didn't want to be a part of it any more. It seemed like there was a personal side to your departure, too. When I met the man who became my husband, he was such an example to me of someone who lived by his own terms. It reminded me who I had been before I joined the agency. It was so refreshing and relaxing to actually just be myself. In the agency, I was very reticent to speak my mind - as almost everybody was - because people are so distrustful and ready to jump on you. Plus, I was virtually living like a double or triple life. You were required to submit your manuscript to the CIA before it could be published, to make sure it did not reveal classified information. Tell me about that. One of the persons on the review board put it to me this way. He said, if you want to write everyone at the CIA is a drunk, you can write that because it might be true or it might not be true. But it's not classified information. I think there is a misperception that a lot of people have that when you join the agency, you sign away your right to ever say anything. Certainly there is the secrecy agreement, which is a very serious thing. I took it seriously. But ultimately, unless they can prove that what you're writing is classified or is in some way a threat to national security, they can't keep you from expressing your opinion or telling about your experiences. Would you recommend the CIA as a career? You know, after all that's been said and done, I probably still would. If you can hack the lying and the leading a double life and all the sacrifices you make, it's not a bad life. You're living overseas, you're probably doing well financially and there's always that reassurance you have that you are doing something that very few people in the world will ever be able to do. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- We Expertly Hunt Real Spies, Real Eavesdroppers, and Real Wiretappers. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- James M. 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Skype was initially designed as a P2P voice communications system, but now they are going to be offering Skype-to-landline calls in the immediate future, with support for lots of different PDAs and GPRS-enabled cellphones. Skype is a neat concept, although there have been some security flaws in the application itself (leading to system compromise via buffer overflow attacks on the local listening service). Skype could very well replace the conventional telco, the vocoder they use is very high quality (better than a regular landline), and they've partnered I think with Siemens to produce a low cost and simple USB gadget that turns your USB port into an RJ11 POTS line so you can plug a cordless phone or whatever into it. --- sewellr@i... wrote: > > > > > > > Am I mistaken: I understood that Skype (another VoIP > service) IS encrypted > and thus much harder, if not impossible, to hack > compared to Vonage or > Pulver or... > > Sgt. 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In 1984, he launched a subsidiary to design and manage jails and detention centers for the burgeoning private prison market in the United States and abroad. In time, Wackenhut Corp. became the nation's second-largest private prison operator. When Mr. Wackenhut sold his company to a Danish firm in 2002, it operated in 54 countries and had $2.8 billion in revenue. Mr. Wackenhut was an outspoken political conservative with ties to powerful Republicans and high-ranking leaders of the military, FBI and CIA. His office, with chairs carved in the shape of elephants, reflected his political leanings. Frequent rumors that his company was in the employ of the CIA were never substantiated, but Mr. Wackenhut, who was obsessive about high-tech security gadgets in his private life, seemed to relish the suggestion. Several of his senior executives were, in fact, former CIA operatives, and his company's board of directors included former FBI director Clarence Kelly, former National Security Agency director Bobby R. Inman, and former Defense secretary and deputy CIA director Frank Carlucci. On rare occasions, his company's clandestine work did land in the headlines. In 1991, a U.S. House committee investigated charges that a Wackenhut executive, working for a consortium of oil companies, illegally spied on a whistleblower exposing environmental damage caused by the oil industry. The executive, who had also discussed trying to implicate a California congressman in his sting, resigned immediately after a meeting with Mr. Wackenhut. Wackenhut-operated prisons have had problems as well. In 1999, the company lost a $12 million annual contract to run a jail in Texas when several Wackenhut guards were indicted for having sex with female inmates. Nonetheless, Mr. Wackenhut cultivated an image of probity, toughness and precise military order. His teak-and-granite office was spotless, and he kept a barber's chair in his private bathroom to avoid leaving the office for a haircut. George Russell Wackenhut grew up in Upper Darby, Pa., outside Philadelphia. An outstanding athlete, he was a professional soccer goalie with the Philadelphia Nationals in his youth. He graduated from what is now West Chester University in Pennsylvania. Stationed in Hawaii with the Army Corps of Engineers, Mr. Wackenhut was present at the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941. He recalled that he was so close to a Japanese warplane that he could see the face of the pilot. After serving in the Pacific, he moved to Baltimore, where he received a master's degree in education from Johns Hopkins University and taught classes in physical education and health. In 1951, Mr. Wackenhut joined the FBI as a special agent in Indianapolis and Atlanta, resigning in 1954 to launch a company in Coral Gables, Fla., with three other former agents. At one point, they had to pass the hat to meet payroll, and the company's total assets amounted to $1.56. After early struggles -- including a fistfight between Mr. Wackenhut and one of his partners -- he took sole control of the company in 1958, naming it for himself. After working all day in the office, he sometimes worked as a security guard at night. By 1964, he had contracts to guard the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, as well as the Atomic Energy Commission's nuclear test site in Nevada. He branched out to include food service for prisons and to provide protection for companies going through labor strikes. The core of his business, though, was providing security guards to watch out for criminal activity. Ironically, his company moved from the Miami suburb of Coral Gables to Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., in part because Miami's high crime rate made it difficult to attract good workers. In 1994, an 800-page biography of Mr. Wackenhut, called "The Quiet American," [1] was published. When he sold his company for $570 million in 2002, he owned more than 50 percent of its stock. Even with a tight profit margin of 2.5 percent, the company's earnings allowed Mr. Wackenhut to live lavishly in homes scattered throughout the country. Until he moved to Vero Beach nine years ago, his primary residence was a $10 million turreted mansion near Miami decorated with firearms and medieval suits of armor. His house was wired with infrared and laser sensors, closed-circuit television monitors and photo-cell surveillance and had private radios for his family. Survivors include his wife of 61 years, Ruth Wackenhut of Vero Beach, who was the company's secretary for many years; two children, Janis Ward and Richard Wackenhut; seven grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. 10552 From: fjansgmxnet Date: Tue Jan 11, 2005 4:14am Subject: Re: Digital Cell phone scanning > So I ask you guys... > How easy it is to listen to cell phone conversation and what is the level of the threat? Can the estranged husband be listening to his wife? Or is the tech needed place it in the expert mode? Well, the tricks changed. In the digital world the estranged husband or the engaged investigator has to place a conventional bug in the cell phone of his wife. The best type of bugs I have seen are very small transmitters hidden in the accumlator pack of the cell phone, which could switched into a sleep mode to save power: Very fast to install and the victim feeds the bug with power in regular intervals whereever it goes. On Contras website (www.tetrascanner.com) there was a video from the German BSI showing this type of bug for a Motorola gsm phone. But I don't remember the exact link. The equipment to monitor digital cell phones at the air interfaces is expensive. Therefore I would expect it only at the "agency" level, if the folks don't know the current phone number you are using. Regards, Frank 10553 From: Tech Sec Lab Date: Tue Jan 11, 2005 11:36am Subject: List Member Craig...YOUR FAMOUS!!! :D Congrats! -Ois ********************** HEADLINE: Walls do have ears in industry BYLINE: BATHGATE Adrian BODY: Recent accusations made about the SIS spying on citizens has thrown up the question of espionage, something most Kiwis think belongs in the shadowy world of cold war movies. ADRIAN BATHGATE takes a look at what companies can do about the threat of bugs in the boardroom. Shaken, but not stirred. According to the experts, this is the response of many executives on being told they have been bugged. It's a scenario that's played out more often than you might think as about 3 to 5 per cent of "bug sweeps" turn up listening devices. Bugs can be planted for several reasons, say de-buggers. It may be competitors looking to assess what a company is up to, or it could be a party to negotiations, wanting to see what the opposition is thinking. Sometimes companies will sweep for bugs after a senior executive leaves, to make sure no secrets leave with them. Or perhaps a business partnership has fallen apart acrimoniously. Most companies are aware they have sensitive information, but not all would think of bugging as risk to them, says Craig Meldrum, the managing director of bug detecting firm Communications Security. "It's not the way most people get attacked. The high risk areas are things like documents rubbish or people selling secrets to competitors." Meldrum says his company detects devices in "about 3%" of the checks they do. Increasingly diverse technology has made catching the bugs that little bit harder, says Steve Willetts, managing director of Confidential Security Services. Advanced camera phones and advances in electronics means listening devices can either be more secretive or more blatant. For instance "hopping bugs", with a transmitter and a receiver which will constantly change frequency to attempt to foil detection. Willetts estimates his company has about a 5% hit rate with discovering bugs. "The proper way to do a sweep is if you're going to do the office, it's good to also do the home. Today, everybody takes work home." Meldrum says 80% of his firm's business is "precautionary". Large companies and government departments will have their headquarters "swept" for bugs every six or 12 months. Most of his clients are larger firms or those in "high value industries", such as financial institutions or lawyers. The most common form of bugging is via audio devices, usually in the boardroom or office, Meldrum says. "You don't have to enter a building to bug it," Willetts says. One of his checks is to the phone line entering a building which can be easily tapped. Devices can be planted in several ways by several people. Possibly they could be left during a visit, or someone could disguise themselves as a tradesman or cleaner. It can be surprisingly easy to gain access to many corporate head offices in New Zealand, the professionals say. It can range from a bug stuck with Blu-tack and "palmed" onto the bottom of the boardroom table. Or at the other end of the spectrum, someone could hire a professional with sophisticated method and equipment. There is no doubt the threat from espionage has changed, Meldrum says. The rise of the internet means a lot of information theft comes in the form of "hacking". "It doesn't mean that threat's gone away, because a lot of things are said that won't get written down." The problem, says Willetts, is people who plant devices often return to retrieve them, so there can be no confirmation that an office has been previously bugged. "If they've got access to it, it'll be in, do what they want it to, and it'll be gone again." According to the web, starting prices for counter-surveillance sweeps start at $ 250 per hour. Meldrum declined to go into the specifics of pricing, but says an organisation with a boardroom and six to 12 executives could be charged between $ 2000 and $ 5000. Willetts says his company will charge from around $ 250 an office. Bug sweeping involves using hi-tech equipment to conduct a "spectrum analysis" which can detect any transmission from very low to very high frequencies. A device called a non- linear junction detector can detect the presence of an electronic circuit, even in the absence of electricity. This can detect devices planted behind walls or inside false ceilings. Besides this, looking in all the usual places is a factor, Meldrum says. "A large proportion is actually physical search, crawling around the place." Some of New Zealand's larger companies spoken to by the Dominion Post all indicated the threat of espionage is something they take seriously. They were also united by being reluctant to divulge details of steps they take to combat the threat of spying. A spokesman for Carter Holt Harvey said the company did not comment on security matters. Fonterra also were unable to comment. A Lion Nathan spokesman said the company was confident it had the measures in place to combat any such incidents. One corporate that did not want to be named said it frequently checks for surveillance devices but has yet to turn anything up. Telecom spokesman John Goulter said the company takes the issue of security of information very seriously. Goulter says Telecom has a risk management team who look at threats to the company across a broad range of issues. "We have a number of policies and practices in place and we audit them against international benchmarks," he said. Goulter says this is an ongoing process and has been the focus of more attention over time. The idea of using covert surveillance devices is by no means a new one. Recent publicity over the alleged activities of the Security Intelligence Service has prompted former Labour Cabinet Minister Richard Prebble to say that during the Lange era in the 1980s, Government ministers were instructed to use payphones for confidential conversations. Allegations of bugging go right to the top, with a former British Cabinet minister alleging earlier this year that eavesdropping on the Secretary- General of the United Nations was a "tradition". New Zealand was alleged to be among countries shown transcripts of current Secretary-General Kofi Annan's phone calls. Then there's Watergate, perhaps the most famous bugging incident of them all. In 1972 five men were caught breaking into and bugging the offices of the Democrat Party at the Watergate Hotel in Washington. Republican president Richard Nixon was forced to resign in 1974 after secret tapes brought to light by the Washington Post showed Nixon had known about attempts to cover up the break-in for two years. Meldrum has been in the business with Communications Security for 20 years. The early days of "frantic corporate activity" of the mid-1980s, and early 1990s was the busiest period, he says. Business for his company has declined over time, Meldrum says, which is a function of the changing nature of our economy. "There are so few major corporates left in New Zealand compared to 10 years ago. Everything's a branch office now." But he is confident his services will always be required, pointing to the fact that most major companies and Government departments will de-bug their offices at least once a year. While the idea of espionage may be somewhat romanticised, debugging experts agree the threat is real, and some awareness is there. While the companies with sophisticated search devices do their periodical checks the best defence against espionage is not in high tech electronics, but vigilance of staff. "If somebody wants a conversation bad enough, and it's important enough, they're going to find a way to get it," Willetts says. Maybe it's time to check out where your nearest phone box is. 10554 From: Tech Sec Lab Date: Tue Jan 11, 2005 1:51pm Subject: IR Risk Comments? LENGTH: 597 words HEADLINE: LIGATT Issues Computer Security Alert; Computer Infrared Ports Can Be Used to Hack Into Your Computer DATELINE: Sep. 14, 2004; LOS ANGELES, CA; MARKET WIRE BODY: Laptops have increased business productivity in countless ways. No longer does an employee sit on an airplane content to watch a movie or read or a book. Many professionals are increasingly using travel time to finalize presentations or write memos to staff members or catch up with email after a busy day of meetings. How could this be a security issue? The example below illustrates such an occurrence. While traveling to a job site a LIGATT security team member was finishing a presentation on a flight and all of a sudden an icon popped up which notified her that she was attached to another person's computer via the infrared port. "Sure enough, the person sitting in the aisle next to me was on his laptop. Another few minutes passed and his head popped up and he started glancing around -- he had also just realized that our computers were now connected and communicating," says LIGATT security team member Merike Kaeo. The good news is that Microsoft has been careful in deploying appropriate defaults so that it would not be easy for someone to maliciously send you a virus or worm. Amazingly enough, little attention is paid to the infrared port that comes standard with most laptops on the market. As a method of research LIGATT security team members walked into a Borders bookstore where students were studying and placed our PDA next to a laptop with infrared port. We wrote a script that would copy all of the files from the "My Documents" folder. Our PDA running Windows CE connected to the infrared port and began copying the files. After a period of time we were able to gain entry into two out of ten computers and started copying files. We then showed potential victims how to go into Windows and turn on security for infrared port. Once files are received on PDA the files can be emailed to another destination. This could be used in an industrial espionage situation. How do you protect yourself? The first step in the process is to make Windows aware of your computer's infrared port. If you're running Windows on a notebook PC with a built-in infrared port, then Windows will probably detect the port automatically. You can verify this by going into the Control Panel and double-clicking on the System icon. When you do, you'll see the System Properties sheet. Select the Hardware tab and click the Device Manager button. If Windows recognizes your infrared port, there will be a category within the Device Manager called Infrared Devices. If you expand the Infrared Devices category, you'll see the infrared port. 10555 From: Michael Puchol Date: Tue Jan 11, 2005 4:16pm Subject: Re: IR Risk Jeeez...this vulnerability has existed ever since IrDA was invented. They should have done some homework before issuing a "security alert". For starters, a lot of laptops nowadays don't even have IrDA ports, as WiFi and Bluetooth are taking over. Security-conscious admins will disable IrDA altoghether. Sync/data to cellphones can be done with serial and more commonly USB cables, so no need for IrDA. Also notice how IR is less and less common in cellphones, and some PDAs are dropping it too. In all, a well-trodden subject. Best regards, Mike Tech Sec Lab wrote: > Comments? > > > LENGTH: 597 words > > HEADLINE: LIGATT Issues Computer Security Alert; > Computer Infrared Ports Can Be Used to Hack Into Your Computer > > DATELINE: Sep. 14, 2004; LOS ANGELES, CA; MARKET WIRE > > BODY: > Laptops have increased business productivity in countless ways. No longer > does an employee sit on an airplane content to watch a movie or read or a > book. Many professionals are increasingly using travel time to finalize > presentations or write memos to staff members or catch up with email after a > busy day of meetings. > > How could this be a security issue? The example below illustrates such an > occurrence. > > While traveling to a job site a LIGATT security team member was finishing a > presentation on a flight and all of a sudden an icon popped up which > notified her that she was attached to another person's computer via the > infrared port. "Sure enough, the person sitting in the aisle next to me was > on his laptop. Another few minutes passed and his head popped up and he > started glancing around -- he had also just realized that our computers were > now connected and communicating," says LIGATT security team member Merike > Kaeo. > > The good news is that Microsoft has been careful in deploying appropriate > defaults so that it would not be easy for someone to maliciously send you a > virus or worm. Amazingly enough, little attention is paid to the infrared > port that comes standard with most laptops on the market. > > As a method of research LIGATT security team members walked into a Borders > bookstore where students were studying and placed our PDA next to a laptop > with infrared port. We wrote a script that would copy all of the files from > the "My Documents" folder. Our PDA running Windows CE connected to the > infrared port and began copying the files. After a period of time we were > able to gain entry into two out of ten computers and started copying files. > We then showed potential victims how to go into Windows and turn on security > for infrared port. Once files are received on PDA the files can be emailed > to another destination. This could be used in an industrial espionage > situation. > > How do you protect yourself? The first step in the process is to make > Windows aware of your computer's infrared port. If you're running Windows on > a notebook PC with a built-in infrared port, then Windows will probably > detect the port automatically. You can verify this by going into the Control > Panel and double-clicking on the System icon. When you do, you'll see the > System Properties sheet. Select the Hardware tab and click the Device > Manager button. If Windows recognizes your infrared port, there will be a > category within the Device Manager called Infrared Devices. If you expand > the Infrared Devices category, you'll see the infrared port. > > > > > ======================================================== > TSCM-L Technical Security Mailing List > "In a multitude of counselors there is strength" > > To subscribe to the TSCM-L mailing list visit: > http://www.yahoogroups.com/community/TSCM-L > > It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion. > It is by the juice of Star Bucks that thoughts acquire speed, > the hands acquire shaking, the shaking is a warning. > It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion. > =================================================== TSKS > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > 10556 From: James M. Atkinson Date: Tue Jan 11, 2005 5:18pm Subject: Ruling gives cops leeway with GPS http://timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=322152 Ruling gives cops leeway with GPS Decision allows use of vehicle tracking device without a warrant By BRENDAN LYONS, Staff writer First published: Tuesday, January 11, 2005 In a decision that could dramatically affect criminal investigations nationwide, a federal judge has ruled police didn't need a warrant when they attached a satellite tracking device to the underbelly of a car being driven by a suspected Hells Angels operative. The ruling by U.S. District Judge David N. Hurd clears the way for a federal trial scheduled to begin next month in Utica in which seven alleged Hells Angels members and associates, including several from the Capital Region, face drug-trafficking charges. The use of satellite tracking devices has stirred controversy and Hurd's ruling differs from a decision last spring by a Nassau County Court judge, who decided police needed a warrant when they used the technology to follow a burglary suspect. The biker case broke open here last year with a series of raids and arrests across upstate New York. The case began in Utica, but was expanded to include an organized crime task force that spent more than a year building a methamphetamine-trafficking case against a group of alleged outlaw bikers from Troy to Arizona. During surveillance of the group, detectives attached a global positioning satellite device to a vehicle driven by Robert P. Moran Jr., an Oneida County attorney and Hells Angels associate with a law office in Rome. They put the device on Moran's car for two days in July 2003 after he returned from a one-day trip to Arizona, where police say he purchased a large quantity of methamphetamine. Over those two days, Moran drove across New York state and allegedly made drug deals with suspected Hells Angels members in places such as New York City and Troy, according to court records. Hurd opined that authorities wouldn't need a warrant had they decided to follow Moran, so using a GPS device was merely a simpler way to track his car "as it traveled on the public highways," he wrote. "Moran had no expectation of privacy in the whereabouts of his vehicle on a public roadway. Thus, there was no search or seizure and no Fourth Amendment implications in the use of the GPS device." Hurd's ruling follows a line of reasoning that's widely supported by many law enforcement agencies. Police contend using tracking devices is no different than if they followed a suspect's vehicle in their own cars or by using helicopters. Kevin Mulroy, Moran's attorney, said the issue, which has brought conflicting rulings across the nation, is unsettling. "I think it's something the Supreme Court of the United States is going to have to hear," said Mulroy, a Syracuse attorney who was formerly an Onondaga County Court judge and assistant prosecutor. "One would think that before the police could install devices on your property, to monitor your movements, they would need a court order." A similar controversy arose in Washington two years ago, when that state's Supreme Court determined police had the right to attach a satellite tracking device to a murder suspect's car, but only after obtaining a warrant. Detectives attached a GPS device to the man's car for almost three weeks. When they downloaded the data, it indicated he had driven to an isolated area north of Spokane. Police searched the area and found the body of the man's 9-year-old daughter. He later was convicted of her murder, and the verdict was upheld. GPS devices are increasingly becoming a tool for law enforcement. Still, their use has been controversial because police agencies are not routinely obtaining court orders to install the devices, which rely on orbiting satellites and cellular phone networks to pinpoint their target. In many states, law enforcement agencies also are using them for less surreptitious missions, such as tracking sex offenders and parolees who are enrolled in electronic monitoring programs. It's not clear what effect Hurd's decision will have on their use, but it's apparently the first federal ruling regarding GPS devices and the need for search warrants. Assistant U.S. Attorney David Grable, who is prosecuting Moran and the others, did not return a telephone call for comment. The use of GPS devices by police most recently made national news in the Laci Peterson case. Scott Peterson, the Modesto, Calif., woman's husband, was convicted of murdering her on Christmas Eve 2002. In that case, police obtained a court order to attach tracking devices to three vehicles driven by Peterson, who drove to a waterfront near where the bodies of his wife and the baby boy she was carrying were later found. While the GPS data was admitted in the Peterson case, courts across the country are tackling the issue as defense lawyers challenge their reliability and whether police have a right to install them without a warrant. Similar technology helps police track cellular telephones, which also are being used by police to find fugitives and others. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- We Expertly Hunt Real Spies, Real Eavesdroppers, and Real Wiretappers. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- James M. 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