Cyber TSCM So….there’s a buzz word in the TSCM marketplace. CYBER TSCM. Let’s look at what this new(ish) buzzword is all about. We all know what Cyber Security is right? Well, according to Kaspersky the definition looks like this: “Cyber-security is the practice of defending computers, servers, mobile devices, electronic systems, networks, and data from…
Air-Gap Cyber Attack Detection On December 30th 2013 the ANT Catalogue, a 50-page classified document listing technology available to the United States National Security Agency (NSA) Tailored Access Operations (TAO) by the Advanced Network Technology (ANT) Division to aid in cyber surveillance, was leaked. Since then numerous entities have been trying to reproduce these technologies.…
TSCM and TSCM Training blog all in one… Out and about today, we found a nice example of ‘mimicry’, a hide built to look like the object or surroundings its hiding in. In this case you can see the hide mimicked to look like part of the tree its attached to. Partially covered by the…
TSCM Training – TSCM Awareness TSCM Bug Sweep – Covert GSM audio transmitter in air conditioning unit. This is an image taken by one of our TSCM (Bug Sweep) Operators on task in the Middle East (Authorised Task). A GSM audio transmitter (GSM BUG) installed in an air conditioning unit. The device had a long…
TSCM Training – Frequency Hopping Gavin debunks the myth in the TSCM Bug Sweeping industry, about Frequency Hopping devices. Many TSCM, Bug Sweeping, companies use technical myths to convince potential clients that they have a capability greater than they actually have. Here, Gavin shows that Frequency Hopping devices are simple to find using even the…