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Background
Every fortune 500 organization has an intelligence program under some other title› Competitive intelligence, corporate intel, business
analysis Corporate spies are almost never caught, and
almost never convicted, and never serve more than 1 year in a “corporate spy” prison.
James Bond
MI6 operative Relies on Humans as
sources of intel Somehow explodes
everything Makes love to pretty
ladies
Lisbeth Salander
Works as a PI Socially unacceptable Intelligence comes through technical
means Also makes love to pretty ladies
Types of Intel Agents Government Employees:
› CIA, Marines, Homeland security› Provide intel and counter intel services
Corporate Competitive Intelligence employees› Work for an organization to provide intel on their competitors› Mostly ethical practices
Private Corporate Spies› Individuals or private organizations that sell secrets between
companies› Focused, well paid, completely illegal
Scenarios
Break into network steal documents Phishing campaign steals creds Malware targeting a company
TEC
HIN
T
Benefits
Costs
Direct unfettered access to intelligence No middlemen Limited risk of inflation, lying Lower risk of being caught
More defense measures are in place compared to HUMINT
Clearly defined laws regarding IP, hacking, etc
Scenarios
Turning a secretary to tell you who the CEO is meeting with
Paying a VP for financial information Convincing a QA dept to give you
access to products
HU
MIN
T
Benefits
Costs
Information directly from the source Can be the “fall guy” Can circumvent any network security
measures Context for intelligence
The most sensitive information is in small circles
Possibility for betrayal, lying, or inflating information
Humans need coddling
Principal Motivators for Betrayal
Money: I will pay you $50,000.
Ideology: Do it for the greater good of your country!
Coersion: If you don’t do this, your wife will find out about your mistress.
Ego: I’ve been watching you and you’re the best in the business. I need your help.
Peter and the Wolf Peter is going through a divorce Alex – Russian spy – hangs out in bars and coffee shops near targeted
areas of DC Alex becomes Peter’s friend over 2 months Alex pays Peter for phone number of people inside his company Tradecraft:
› Used pass phrases to leave messages and confirm the identity while trading information
› Make a chalk mark on the mailbox Alex gets one of his other ops to exchange information about “Star Wars” Peter social engineers an IT admin fixing the wiring closet Peter steals the documents off the network and exfiltrates it back to
Moscow
Lessons Learned?
Primary Motivator: Money Spies are friendly Tradecraft
› Chalk mailbox› Pass phrases
Bill Gaede Started working for AMD in 1979 Walks up to the Cuban embassy in 1982 and says “I want
to be spy” 1989 communism is boring 1992 he turns himself into the CIA becomes a double
agent 1992 he goes to work for Intel 1994 he flies to South America and sells Pentium secrets Tries to sell the secrets to North Korea, China, Iran, and
AMD
How? Walked around picking up random documents and
photo copying them Used lots of photo copiers so security would never
notice Guards only looked for green or blue paper Charismatic
› Access to new tech was just because his friends gave it to him
› Offered to do favors for everyone› Always befriended secretaries