For the most part, the spy-community is underground. Internet forums, social networking, sites like TSW and the odd meet-up are about as far as it can go for a lot of people, due to the nature of spying. How can you organise regular events and exhibitions when the bulk of the hobby is based on [...]

In a surreal twist and an example of the current “entertainment” state of the world today, a series of Anna Chapman photos have quickly become one of the hottest topics online. Who is Anna Chapman? If you haven’t been following along, in June 2010, the FBI arrested 10 Russian spies in a dramatic event which [...]

According to a recent report in Top Secret America, a series run by the Washington Post, signs are pointing toward significant cut-backs in funding for U.S. Intelligence communities and organizations. According to the Washington Post report, the following signs are painting a bleak picture for Intelligence organizations that are now owned and operated by corporate [...]

In 2008, news reports dropped a bombshell on the western world that raised serious security concerns and quickly transformed into a vast Skype conspiracy American intelligence agencies should not ignore. The first reports involved the methods used by the Chinese government to filter Internet conversations by monitoring Skype conversations and filtering particular “politically charged words.” [...]

So you’re on a mission. Maybe it’s not for the president of the United States, and maybe it’s not even for the CIA or the FBI – but still, you have information that you need to obtain using covert means, and you need to do it now. It’s during times such as these that high [...]

Using small disguised tape recorders for spying has a number of additional, useful purposes beside surveillance. Have you ever gone to a conference or some other meeting, and you really wanted to record all of the conversations that you had for future reference, but you simply can’t keep notes fast enough to retain all of [...]