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From the Eye of a Legal Storm, Murdoch's Satellite-TV Hacker Tells All

2008-05-30 15:00:00 by Kim Zetter in Wired Security
 
...undercover with pirates to discover what they were doing against NDS technology To conceal his relationship with NDS from pirates, few people at the company knew his identity. He used the name "Michael George" and for the first four years was paid through other companies, including, for about five months, HarperCollins, the Murdoch-owned book...
 
Tags: smart cards piled, cards, nds cards, access cards, sample directv cards, directv cards, smart cards, nds smart cards, nds
 
 
 
 
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Passport Fraud

2008-01-08 13:59:13 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...undercover investigation has found that the black market in fraudulent passports is thriving. On the streets of South America, NBC documented the sale of stolen and doctored passports, and travel papers prized by terrorists: genuine passports issued under false names. For a few thousand dollars, an undercover investigator was able to purchase...
 
Tags: passports, fraudulent passports, genuine passports, venezuelan passports, investigator, corrupt government employees, undercover investigator, passport fraud worldwide, travel widely
 
 
 
 
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What should done about employees stealing in the workplace?

2008-02-21 05:25:00 by John Sexton in The Bullet Proof Blog
 
...undercover units since there would be a very real risk of personal injury and/or serious felonies being committed When it comes to the private sector, clients really need to take the matter into their own hands in the majority of cases. By their own hands, I dont mean they need to investigate it themselves, but they need to hire a...
 
Tags: business owner, local business owner, owner, truck, company truck, company, investigation company, investigator video taped, investigator
 
 
 
 
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Consultant gets five years for stealing names from an insurance company

2007-07-12 08:00:00 by Editor in IT Compliance
 
Man tried to sell data to an undercover Secret Service agent
 
Tags: data
 
 
 
 
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'Undercover' looks to replace PINs

2008-02-08 00:00:00 by HASH0x8b39a04 in Network World on Security
 
Security researchers have tested the first prototypes of a secure authentication system that could one day replace PIN entry at cash points
 
Tags: secure authentication system, security researchers, prototypes, cash
 
 
 
 
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Malware Embedded Link at Pod-Planet

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2008-02-17 21:14:21 by HASH0x8afa814 in Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge
...undercover phrase and stopped responding over the weekend. The embedded link points to ame8.com/a.js (222.73.254.56) then loads ame8.com/app/helptop.do , once deobfuscated attempts to load ame8.com/app/cc.do as well as 51.la/?1587102 acting as the counter for the campaign. In case you remember, the web counter services offered by 51.la were...
 
Tags: link, loads ame8, ame8, load ame8, web counter services, counter, chinese malicious parties, malicious link, campaign
 
 
 
 
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Spying on the terrorists

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2008-01-20 22:37:00 by John Sexton in The Bullet Proof Blog
...undercover FBI agent, but he also spoke about how ineffective many of our approaches and agencies are in dealing with terrorism For instance, Mr. German is very much against wide sweeping powers that grant agencies greater powers to detain and question suspects. He believes that by lessening control and oversight, there is a danger for...
 
Tags: mike german, german, cameras, surveillance cameras, aryan nation, terrorists, london, london bombings, terrorist
 
 
 
 
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Why your company may need a mystery shopper

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2008-02-28 03:21:00 by John Sexton in The Bullet Proof Blog
...undercover investigator to document their actions They could do well to take a page from Starbucks' book. From the very start, Starbucks made no bones about letting customers know that they were there to SERVE them. The result? Loyal customers willing to stand in long lines at 6am to get their caffinated "fix". Starbucks made coffee fun I...
 
Tags: hours sans starbucks, starbucks, coffee, coffee fun, customers, loyal customers, sales, fun, customer service counter
 
 
 
 
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Why you nearly need a P.I. to help you hire a private investigator

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2008-03-01 20:28:00 by John Sexton in The Bullet Proof Blog
...undercover in your business to find out who has been stealing or to follow the employee who is claiming workmans comp, but youve heard he plays golf every weekend. What are you to do The first thing I would tell you is NOT to go to the yellow pages and pick out 5 phone numbers and ask how much they charge an hour. Hourly charges mean...
 
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