By Joshua Goodman and Jim Mustian | Associated Press MIAMI — A former career U.S. diplomat said in court Thursday that he will plead guilty to charges of serving as a secret agent for communist Cuba going back decades, bringing a lightning fast resolution to a case prosecutors described as one of the most brazen … Read more
Students at the University of Waterloo in Canada have expressed their dismay after discovering the M&M’s vending machine installed on their campus has been spying on them. The drama unfolded after a Redditor by the name of SquidKid47 posted an error message displayed on the machine which read, “Invenda.Vending. FacialRecognition.App.exe — Application error.” “Hey, so … Read more
Earlier this month security researchers at ESET identified 12 Android espionage apps (spy apps) that share the same malicious code. All the reported apps claim to be messaging tools apart from one that poses as a news app. In the background, these apps secretly execute remote access trojan (RAT) code called VajraSpy, used for targeted … Read more
MEERUT/LUCKNOW: A Moscow-based Indian embassy staffer visiting his native Hapur for a wedding in the family was arrested by UP’s Anti-Terror Squad (ATS) on Sunday on charges of spying for Pakistan’s ISI.Satendra Siwal (27), whom MEA deputed to the Russian capital as a security assistant in 2021, confessed to his involvement in “anti-India activities” during … Read more
TAIPEI: My home, Taiwan, is a shining example of freedom, democracy and inclusivity. We have one of the world’s most open societies, the highest percentage of female legislators in Asia and a government minister who is transgender. Decades of hard work, smart policies and entrepreneurial mindsets have led to enviably high standards of living and … Read more
The Chinese spies wanted more. In meetings during the pandemic with Chinese technology contractors, they complained that surveillance cameras tracking foreign diplomats, military officers and intelligence operatives in Beijing’s embassy district fell short of their needs. The spies asked for an artificial intelligence program that would create instant dossiers on every person of interest in … Read more
China has lashed out at media reports alleging a man who was arrested on suspicion of espionage was gathering intelligence for Beijing, labelling the claim a “political farce”. UK police said over the weekend that they had arrested a man in his twenties at his home in Edinburgh for spying, with the Sunday Times reporting … Read more