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I, normally try my best not to get overly excited about new television shows especially new security-related shows. Either they're too good and "jump the shark" by doing something completely unrealistic or actually very real life. However, when I first glimpsed at an article about a show called Off The Grid, I was having difficulty controlling the copious amounts of drool pooling around my feet. What's the show about you ask? According to Security Info, the premise behind it is "that the two contestants win a million dollars if they can remain hidden from the surveillance experts for a single day, while completing a few essential tasks in downtown Los Angeles". Not drool-worthy - I know. People hide in a city and are pursued by non-threatening "experts". Not real exciting because we've seen this done before - HORRIBLY. However, here's why the salivation began:
Armed with only very basic information about the two contestants, a team of surveillance experts led by human tracking expert Kevin Reeve, is tasked with learning enough about the contestants to find where they might be and then to go out and actually bring them in. At Kevin's disposal are Rob (an experienced hacker) and Matt (a proven corporate security IT specialist). These guys can infiltrate your cell phone, gain access to public records information and generally put the digital eye on you. Also on the team is Dave, a former Navy SEAL who works a day job training SEAL teams in California. They're exactly the four guys you wouldn't want tracking you in an urban environment.
And the drool accumulates right about here:
As for the security industry, you'll recognize a number of technologies used in the surveillance. There are cameras from Axis Communications and FLIR, UAVs used for video surveillance, facial recognition technology, Ostendo surveillance monitors, ASK.com mapping technology, advanced mobile communications from Skype, Pelican's tough "go cases", a mobile command unit, and high-end server technology for integrating all the tracking and personnel information that the pursuit team generates.
"We're selling that this is real technology used by the DoD world," said Ebersol. "It is incredibly important for us to be authentic; it's not the Jack Bauer version of technology."
When does it start? December 7, 2011 at 11pm ET. Crappy time slot. Oh well.
Other than working from your home and talking about your passion in life, the biggest perk of this job is product review. Sure, I love bragging to all of my military buddies that I work in my pajamas in between my son's naps and my marathon reruns of Star Trek: The Next Generation. However, this past month, courtesy of the good folks from Victory Defense, I have had the honor and privilege of reviewing one of the coolest flashlights I've ever come across. In 10 years of service to my country, I have come across some cool flashlights that have everything from "DNA extractors" to strobe effects to disorient non-compliant subjects. So what makes the LumenCam so special?
In addition to making dark places bright, it also functions as video recording device. That's right, folks. It's a camera and a flashlight. I know what you're thinking - what a gimmicky product to sell. I have to admit when I first saw it, the thought did cross my mind. But there are some things about this flashlight that are hard to ignore. Here are a few:
It's waterproof.
It records video and sound. Why is this useful? The video can be transferred from the flashlight to a computer and preserved for evidence. It can also be used to give a first-person view during training after-action reviews. Can you imagine if every member of a S.W.A.T. team were equipped with one of these during a critical incident in which loss of life occurred? What if your security personnel were required to have these during their rounds? If you have an incident where they need to respond, this flashlight could mean the difference between a costly civil suit with consequent punitive damages and a successful motion to dismiss.
It has a USB port to transfer data from the flashlight to a computer.
It's extremely durable. Other than being made completely of metal, it has a grated surface to prevent slipping due to moisture.
It has a rechargeable lithium battery. All I have to say is "Holy Long Battery Life". In a test to see if it would hold up as advertised, my two year old son left it on for THREE hours and it was still holding a charge!!! ATTENTION FUTURE COMPANIES I WISH TO SOLICIT LATER FOR PRODUCTS TO REVIEW: My son isn't involved in all product testing. However, I feel if a two year old can break it, then you have some issues. If my two year old can operate it, then your product rocks.
It's dummy proof - almost. The operations of the flashlight are pretty standard and thus extremely easy to do. Don't believe me? Check out the data sheet below. However, the transferring of files may be a bit too much of an exercise for some of the less technologically savvy of our security and law enforcement brethren.
Video recording is seamless and the memory storage is pretty decent (4G). I had zero issues with recording video and audio. You could hear a whisper two to four arm lengths away. The video was easily playable and required no special drivers or plug-ins.
The light has phase brightness. I affectionately called these "bright" and "really freaking bright". I'm sure there's a much more technical and possible professional way of saying that but you get the idea. It's your standard brightness you'd expect from a tactical light with brightness for near and far objects.
Did I like everything about the camera? To be honest, I only had a few things I would change:
I would like the flashlight to be somewhat smaller. This is a great light if you have the kind of duty gear that has the ring you can attach standard police flashlights to. If you don't, then you have to carry this in your hands the whole time you're on-scene. A smaller light allows for the ability to have the light tucked in or recessed somewhere on your person (i.e. a pocket, inside your belt line, inside a pouch).
The price was a bit much for a rookie to purchase right away. This is where I believe the smaller size would be helpful. You may lose some memory storage capacity but you would also be lowering the price and increasing your market share.
If they do make a smaller size, place a trigger button on the bottom of the light if possible. Having the light switch on the top could be counter-intuitive for some operators who have gotten use to tactical lights with triggers on the bottom.
Make it what I call "rail adaptable". It seems like every light you see these days looks like you can mount on a rifle or your pistol. I'm not a fan of lights on pistols but I would like to see this in a much smaller size on tactical carbine.
All in all I really, really, really like this flashlight. While I wasn't too impressed with its illumination, I loved how easily you could go from having no video to having full video recording. I also enjoyed how easy it was to operate. I hate picking up someone's latest and greatest in security tech and realizing its too gimmicky or complicated for the "guy on the ground" to operate effectively from day one. I like tech that I can give a new guy on his first day without me having to teach him a full-on course. This product is almost too simple.
You can say I didn't become really impressed with the LumenCam until after I finished reviewing it. You see I live in a house with a two year old little boy who loves to bang, drop, drag, throw, drown, drench, punch, kick, bite, and bend anything he gets his hands on. For a solid month, I've had this flashlight and watched in utter amazement as my son did all of those things and more with this light.
Conclusion: If you have a little bit of cash and want to invest in something that's going to last and possibly be the only thing in your arsenal capable of telling things the way they really happened, drop by the folks at Victory Defense and get the LumenCam. Believe me, it's worth it.
Two idiots had an altercation with Tasers over a parking spot in Boulder, Colorado according to AP. The "duel" involved a restaurant co-owner and security supervisor over a boot that was placed by the supervisor's subordinates on the restaurant co-owner. Harvey Epstein, co-owner of Mamacitas restaurant, was arrested on suspicion of felony menacing and using a stun gun. Casey M. Dane told police he was afraid Epstein was going to hit him with a 2-foot-long pair of bolt cutters. Epstein and Dane both draw down on each other. I'm a proponent of Tasers for potential victims of violent crimes not for two grown men like this. Absolutely hillarious!
Who would have thunk it? I had to chuckle when I saw this article jump across my screen. I don't know what's funnier - the FBI catching on to how insecure airport "hot spots" are or that this was even news. The FBI released a statement this week warning citizens who use the WIFI connections at airports to be careful as the connections were suseptible to being hacked. According to the article,
"While many of these hot spots have secure networks, some do not, according to Supervisory Special Agent Donna Peterson of FBI's Cyber Division. And connecting to an insecure network can leave one vulnerable to attacks from hackers.
Agent Peterson said one of the most common types of attack is this: a bogus but legitimate-looking Wi-Fi network with a strong signal is strategically set up in a known hot spot...and the hacker waits for nearby laptops to connect to it.
At that point, your computer and all your sensitive information, including user ID, passwords, credit card numbers, basically belongs to the hacker, Peterson said.
The intruder can mine your computer for valuable data, direct you to phony webpages that look like ones you frequent, and record your every keystroke."
I'll accept this is news to most people who are unaware of the risks but most serious web users as well professionals have known this for years. This could have been an attempt by the FBI to curb a trend of online thefts from WIFI connections which would certainly under their jurisdiction. As you can tell from the article, there isn't much detail regarding why this is suddenly newsworthy.
According to IDG News, Microsoft has developed and distributed a program called COFFEE to help cops get around certain encryption software. The program called the Computer Online Forensic Evidence Extractor (COFEE) was sent to law enforcement last June and it's now being used by about 2,000 agents around the world for free.
The creator of the program is former LEO himself. Anthony Fung, senior regional manager for Asia Pacific in Microsoft's Internet Safety and Anti-Counterfeiting group, spent 12 years as a police officer in Hong Kong, with the final seven dedicated to fighting cybercrime. According to IDG, "When he joined Microsoft, he sought to devise a way that agents could do better at finding valuable information on computers used by cyber criminals."
COFFEE was spawned due to the advent of encryption software such as BitLocker which requires a password to gain access to a computer's encrypted data. Most law enforcement agencies are using a procedure which calls for the computer to be turned off and taken back to a lab. Security experts will tell you this is the last thing to do when dealing with an encrypted system. The courts have now allowed for the examination/imaging of computers while on-scene so officers and technicians can conduct a proper search.
Encryption software such as BitLocker or TrueCrypt use very advanced encryption algorithms. So advanced it would take a supercomputer countless years to even decrypt the data. Depending on the size of the drive and the level of encryption it would take a significant leap in computer technology to begin the decryption for most law enforcement agencies.
The article explains that COFEE is actually a set of software tools that can be loaded onto a USB drive.
Brad Smith, general counsel at Microsoft, called it a "Swiss Army knife for law enforcement officers," because it includes 150 tools. A law enforcement agent connects the USB drive to a computer at the scene of a crime and it takes a snapshot of important information on the computer. It can save information such as what user was logged on and for how long and what files were running at that time, Fung said. It can be used on a computer using any type of encryption software, not just BitLocker.
Previously, an officer might spend three or four hours digging up the information manually, but COFEE lets them do it in about 20 minutes, he said.
Taking the computer back to the lab is not a bad pratcice. It does have some advantages such as evidence integrity. You always ahve a copy of the original drive. You may not have the time in the field to make such an image.
COFFEE may or may not be tamper resistant and that causes some concern. Rather than depend on programs such as COFFEE, law enforcement can and should in some circumstances use standard evidence collection procedures along with some good old-fashioned police work. It should be noted agents in 15 countries including Poland, the Philippines, New Zealand and the U.S. are using COFEE, Microsoft said. In New Zealand, a forensics examiner recently used COFEE to find evidence that led to the arrest of an individual involved in trading child pornography, said Smith.
Smith and others spoke on Monday at the start of a three-day conference Microsoft is hosting for law enforcement officials at its Redmond, Washington headquarters, inviting U.S. and international police, prosecutors and representatives from agencies like the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Microsoft has been hosting the conferences, which invite feedback from the law enforcement agents, since 2006, Smith said.
