Classification of bugs for wiretapping
Small bugs for wiretapping, depending on functionality and technical characteristics, are classified into two main categories:
- Working online.
- Operating in recording mode.
Interactive devices include small wiretapping bugs, the functionality of which allows you to record people's conversations while being at a considerable distance from them. Compact dimensions and modern design allow the bug to be placed in the most advantageous place so as not to arouse suspicion among the target of surveillance.
Sobriety and vigilance
It's easy to become paranoid when you wonder if someone is watching you. We are moving by leaps and bounds towards a “transparent” society, so it’s absolutely certain that someone is watching you at some point. In order not to go crazy, you need to concentrate on a practical approach to the question: when can spying on me be unprofitable for me, but beneficial for someone else?
Unfortunately, if you are in business, at least somewhat famous, or work with trade secrets, you are at potential risk. It is worth mentioning the curious but unpleasant stories about hidden cameras in rented Airbnb apartments or in public showers, locker rooms, and toilets. A hidden camera that monitors the ATM keypad (or any other place where a password is entered on a keypad) can also make life easier for attackers.
So first of all, figure out who, why and how can act against you. Perhaps in some attack scenarios the use of gadgets will indeed be practical. For example, if someone wants to monitor your movements, then they have different ways at their disposal - hiring private detectives or gaining access to data from providers and cellular operators. But using a GPS tracker may be cheaper, easier and more convenient.
Problems of choosing a bug to wiretap
If suddenly after reading this article you want to feel like a super spy, then regardless of whether you have bad intentions or you just want to have fun, we strongly advise against it. In the Russian Federation, there are laws that prohibit the sale and purchase of devices designed to secretly collect information. The wording in the law is vague, and the practice of law enforcement includes such dubious stories that the Supreme Court even issued a special explanation on how to prevent abuse of the law.
After this, determine in which zone an information security breach will be truly critical, so that you can focus on protecting it and not waste too much effort and resources. It is neither possible nor necessary to protect everything from everything; instead, it is worth protecting what really matters. A board meeting room or an area where they are working on a critical project, for example. Or just a closet in which you store something that should not be seen by people who don't like you.
A bug for wiretapping in a regular outlet
Don't forget that one of the most important tools of a hacker is social engineering. So you need to protect yourself from it too. If you have already decided on your “protected perimeter,” then make sure that the people admitted to it are also competent and interested in maintaining security. Remember that no one pays attention to cleaners and repairmen - they can easily install a hidden device. But an absolutely loyal but careless colleague may simply not notice that someone has planted a spy gadget in his bag or pocket.
Radio bug
According to reviews, this type of wiretapping bug is the most popular. It can be temporary or permanent: the first is installed in an inconspicuous place, the second is connected to the power supply. The operating principle of such a device is based on obtaining information through the use of radio frequencies. The disadvantage of such a mini-bug for wiretapping is the ability to connect third parties to the broadcast FM wave. To obtain stable information, you need to stock up on several batteries for the device, which will ensure its operation for several days.
Vibroacoustic listening devices - what do they look like?
Less often than those listed above, you can find devices that can intercept acoustic vibrations propagating from the ceiling, walls, and heating pipes. Vibration interception devices are called radio stethoscopes.
I wonder what vibroacoustic type wiretapping looks like? It looks like a miniature “tablet” connected to wires:
Sound waves cause vibrations in solid rock, and the device picks them up through walls for subsequent conversion into understandable information.
GSM bugs
A more modern version of a bug for wiretapping a mobile phone is a GSM bug, which operates in wiretapping mode for 4 hours and up to 10 days in standby mode thanks to a powerful built-in battery. Activation of the device begins after a call is received on the SIM card number. The range of a bug for wiretapping a mobile phone is limited by the coverage area of the cellular network operator.
Samsung Galaxy Ace phone with ShadowGuard wiretapping program.
A phone with built-in wiretapping allows you to record all conversations and the phone's surroundings via microphone, SMS, and copy data from the phone book and call list.
All data is collected in your account on the ShadowGuard program website. The program is invisible on the phone and cannot be removed even by completely rebooting the phone.
Support for management through your personal account and from the administrator’s phone via SMS commands.
Notification about a new recorded conversation. The program for wiretapping a cell phone allows you to record at any time through the phone microphone everything that happens near the subscriber. Thus, the program can be used as a bug.
Phone wiretapping programs allow you to monitor all user actions. The observer will always be aware of who the subscriber is chatting with, who the subscriber is calling and where he is.
A program for wiretapping a mobile phone is ideal for monitoring your own children. A caring parent will always know in what company his child is, what is happening in his child’s environment. It is better to prevent the consequences of today's freedom for teenagers than to feel the result of parental inaction later.
Even if the observed subscriber deleted the SMS message from the phone or the record of the call to the number, the cell phone wiretapping program will still save all the data and transfer it to the observer’s personal account. Also, all clients already have access to control via SMS from the administrator’s phone number as part of the basic configuration of the program.
Cost of tracking bugs
The price of a wiretapping bug depends on its functionality and purpose: the simplest listening devices can be purchased for literally a couple of dollars. Devices with GSM/GPS tracking beacons, geolocation functions, communication with violators, video recording and other options will cost a large amount.
The price of a wiretapping bug depends on the following criteria:
- dimensions of the device;
- microphone sensitivity;
- number of built-in microphones;
- standby, recording and listening time.
Field indicators for searching for active bugs
The most common device for finding bugs is called a detector or anti-bugs. Such devices allow you to find active bugs
, that is, currently in the on mode. The most popular of them are:
- Raksa 120 is a device in the form of a pager. It allows you to quickly search for bugs in a room, cutting off all other household interference, and also silently blinks red if your interlocutor has a bug.
- ST-111 is one of the most popular professional field indicators, which allows detection results to be displayed on a computer screen.
Field indicator Raksa-120 Designed to detect bugs from interlocutors and in the room. Detects analog and digital radio transmitting devices operating in the frequency range from 40 to 3800 MHz
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Field detector ST-111 Search for bugs in the room and on visitors. No false alarms, connection to PC. Improved version of ST 110. Built-in microwave antenna
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Field indicator ST-167 Betta Near-field search receiver. Anti-bug with selective reception up to 6 GHz
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Price: 73,000 rub.
Protect 1206i A new class of field detectors that can detect information leakage via Wifi and Bluetooth channels
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Price: RUB 36,915
ST-154.T Device for detecting digital/analog transmitters and information retrieval devices using cellular communication standards, WiFi, Dect
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SCORPION-XL6 Device for automatic detection of radio transmitters and suppression of their reception channels in the range up to 6,000 MHz
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How to choose a bug for wiretapping
When choosing a listening device, the main criterion remains the safety of the user. Due to the fact that bugs for wiretapping clothes and similar devices are prohibited by law, they must be used very carefully and carefully. Installing separate tracking devices is fraught with unpleasant consequences, and therefore such devices were gradually forced out of the market by special bugs for wiretapping phones. Their range of action is equal to the coverage area of the cellular operator; therefore, conversations can be monitored almost anywhere in the world.
A bug in the bag. Spy stuff part two
Part two of the article continues the description of commercially available spy gadgets. In the second part we will tell you how to use spy gadgets without being noticed.
Let's start with a pen camera. It's no secret that the sale of covert surveillance equipment, as well as the purchase, are prohibited. Therefore, all spy gadgets are equipped with a small LED, which notifies others that the spy gadget is working. So to make a video
with a hidden camera and go unnoticed, you just need to mask the hole on the body with a piece of black plasticine or something similar. Also, as an option, you can simply not turn the part of the camera handle where the LED is located towards the interlocutor.
In the end, you can always leave the camera handle in your jacket pocket, having first turned it on, of course - such a spy thing will in no case be detected.
Next, we will tell you how to shoot a video with a button camera and remain unnoticed. From the name itself it follows that such a spy thing as a button camera should be attached somewhere on clothing, for example in the buttonhole of a shirt or jacket. A button camera usually comes with a set of interchangeable black buttons, so you can always choose the appropriate button size for covert shooting.
The button camera is very convenient and supports vibration mode. When switching modes, it will respond with small vibration confirmations. This way, you will feel all the responses of this spy thing with your body. This helps a lot, because often during the most covert shooting situations arise when you need to switch the operating mode, pause, or start. You just need to press the corresponding button through the fabric of your clothing and receive a response as a vibration confirmation.
A button camera is also suitable for stationary shooting. You can leave clothes in the room on a hanger, turning the front side so that the camera eye takes the angle you need. So, a button camera is an indispensable spy gadget if you have “access to the situation”
Next, we will tell you how to listen to your wife, find out who your wife is sleeping with and who your wife is cheating with. As everyone knows very well, in a woman’s bag, even the smallest one, there are always so many things for every occasion in life that a small spy thing always has the right to get lost there. Imagine that in order to find out if your wife is cheating, you simply put a GSM bug at the bottom of your bag, or in one of the rarely used pockets, and then just call at the right moment and listen to what she is talking about, who she is talking to, who her interlocutor. A GSM bug will transmit valuable information to you even at a distance of hundreds of kilometers. The size of half a matchbox, the GSM bug can easily be lost in a woman's purse. So, to check your wife for infidelity, all you have to do is leave a small GSM bug in her purse, which works wherever there is a cellular connection. So the GSM bug is the number one spy thing for wiretapping your wife
Probably all women will be wondering where the husband went, is the husband cheating? Who does your husband sleep with? It couldn't be easier to do this. In order to get on the trail of any movable object, there is such a spy thing as satellite wiretapping iSat-Bug. You just need to call the satellite wiretapping and in response the wiretapping will send the coordinates of your husband via SMS. This is an indispensable spy thing for tracking your husband's car, the debtor's car, and so on. Just leave it in the glove compartment or on the rear window shelf in a pillow or some other car interior item. Did you find where your husband is? Now I want to listen to who he is with and what he is talking about? Just send an SMS with the command to switch to bug mode and satellite wiretapping will now pick up the phone when there is an incoming call and transmit all the sounds of what is happening around you through a sensitive microphone at a distance.
We wish you all the best, love each other and trust each other. Check only those who cannot be trusted!
Listening device model R600
One of the first models to appear on the spy device market. The GSM bug generates clear, high-quality sound and works for a long time. The adapted version of R600 allows you to conduct audio surveillance with greater comfort. In reviews of the wiretapping bug, users note its simple design and ability to be used in any conditions. The device is activated by calling the installed SIM card.
Multifunctional search devices
Also, a comprehensive office inspection is not possible without multifunctional search devices that allow you to search for bugs in wire lines and sockets. As a rule, one device contains functions for searching for embedded devices operating on different principles. Using these devices you can:
- detect wireless and wired transmitters, collect information from glass;
- evaluate the effectiveness of information security measures installed in the premises.
ST 034 Multifunctional search device for detecting information retrieval devices via channels: radio, wired lines, IR, acoustic.
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ST 500 Piranha Multifunctional search device ST 500 "PIRANHA" is designed to search for the identification and localization of listening devices
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ST 131 PIRANHA II New multifunctional search complex for detecting a wide range of listening devices
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SPYDER Economy-class multifunctional search device
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High-speed search receiver Kontur The Kontur receiver is designed to detect and localize low-power radio transmitting devices in the near zone and suppress their reception channels. The device is characterized by fast range scanning, an informative display and small dimensions.
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SCORPION-XL6 Device for automatic detection of radio transmitters and suppression of their reception channels in the range up to 6,000 MHz
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Multifunctional search device ANDRE BASIC Multifunctional search device ANDRE is designed to detect sources of radio frequency signals in the near reception zone.
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Multifunctional search device ANDRE ADVANCED Multifunctional search device ANDRE is designed to detect sources of radio frequency signals in the near reception zone.
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Peculiarities of bugs operation using the example of the R900 model
The R900 listening device operates based on a SIM card. After installing the SIM card, the user can make a call to it, which activates the bug and allows you to listen to all sounds picked up by the R900 microphones at a distance of 10 meters. The device saves the first dialed number as a priority and subsequently responds only to it.
Users in reviews of the R900 listening bug note its compact dimensions and powerful lithium-ion battery, the charge of which lasts for 2 hours. In standby mode, the bug works for 3 hours.
The device is charged from an adapter or computer using a USB cable. Although the R900 microphone does not have a VOX activator, it does an excellent job of picking up voice frequencies. If necessary, you can provide the bug with constant power, but you will have to hide the wiring.
INFO
Having talked about special detector devices, let us mention an important problem in the market for devices for secretly obtaining information and exposing it. Once you become interested in them, you find yourself between two fires: Aliexpress with its offers of super-cheap and super-innovative gadgets and specialized stores offering devices from manufacturers with decades of experience. Usually advertised is increased sensitivity and overall off-the-scale coolness. But no one guarantees that a device a hundred times more expensive will be a hundred times better.
Pinhole camera lens from Aliexpress. Installing its main part is not an easy task
Detecting bugs is a little easier if the operator also wants to make his life easier. Modern technologies have made devices that transmit data in real time quite accessible. But the laws of physics cannot be circumvented: if they transmit something, then the transmission channel can be detected or jammed.
The most common transmission channel is the radio range, that is, Wi-Fi or cellular networks. Either the bug uses already available Wi-Fi (for example, a guest network), or somewhere nearby an access point will be organized for it - pay attention to unfamiliar and powerful signal distributions nearby. If a new Wi-Fi network has suddenly been added to your three usual neighbors, perhaps the villains have settled there.
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Bug for wiretapping Nero 9
The Nero 9 GSM bug combines the functionality of a listening device and an alarm system. The device is produced by Apple, which guarantees high quality and reliability. The user receives an alert in the event of unauthorized entry into the facility, coupled with the ability to listen to all events occurring at the facility.
The device is compact in size and has a voice activation function: if the system recognizes a human voice, a call will be sent to the user’s linked phone number. Reviews of the wiretapping bug note that it is impossible to find or detect the device due to its compact size and completely silent operation.
The bug and the auto-call function in particular are controlled using SMS messages. A SIM card is installed in the device, to which you can send messages: disabling the automatic dialing function - SMS with the text “0000”, enabling the function - text “1111”.
The battery charge of the bug is enough for four hours of continuous operation in listening mode or 10 hours in standby mode. In voice activation mode, the device can operate for 5 days.
The SIM card installed in the listening device must not be blocked by a PIN code. If the card is new, then you must first install it in a regular cell phone and make at least one call. Correct functioning of the bug is possible provided it is located in the coverage area of the cellular operator.
The SIM card is initialized after it is installed in the bug. You can activate the device and check its operation in a couple of minutes. To do this, just make one call from your mobile phone. After accepting the call, the listening device will begin broadcasting sounds. Reviews of the bug for wiretapping indicate that by default the auto-call function is activated in the settings.
The first incoming number is remembered by the eavesdropping device as a master number, to which an automatic call will be made if a human voice is recognized.
Before using the Nero 9 bug directly in the field, you must completely discharge and charge its battery. The charge level is indicated by indicators located on the power supply. When the charge level decreases, two indicators light up - green and red. Once the battery is fully charged, the green LED goes out. The bug is charged from a computer or adapter.
Manifold
Microphone technology for long-distance listening varies depending on the type. Based on the principle of operation, three categories of remote listening devices can be distinguished:
- Directional microphone;
- Laser microphone;
- Listening device through the wall.
Directional microphone
A directional microphone is used for remote listening in open areas and recording telephone conversations. The main problem with directional microphones is the distance to the sound source. Already at a distance of one hundred meters, the sound will weaken so much that it is almost impossible to separate speech from interference.
There are 4 types of directional eavesdropping mechanisms:
- Tubular microphones. The devices look like an empty tube with slots in several rows. Rows of slits are located along the opening of the tube. At its end there is a microphone with an amplifier and a voice recorder. The sound wave enters the slits and creates vibrations that are picked up by the microphone. The waves from each slit are added into one. The amplifier converts the vibrations into a frequency accessible to the human ear, and we hear what is happening at a distance. The main disadvantage of a tube microphone is that it is impossible to pick up the correct signal from around the corner. The sound wave is distorted and weakened.
- Gradient microphones. In such a device, two small sensitive microphones are located side by side. The signal is created by subtracting the values captured by them. Next - an amplifier and a tape recorder, as in the previous type. You can listen to a telephone conversation at a short distance or a whisper within a room. It will be cheaper and safer to place the bug near the target. This device, unlike a bug, looks suspicious and cannot be hidden while recording.
- Flat phased arrays. The device consists of a flat plate, at several points of which microphones or other signal receivers are built in. Sound waves from each point are summed and sent to an amplifier. Do not try to listen to a conversation in a wide, noisy space, as this design picks up signals from everywhere. You'll just get a bunch of static.
- Parabolic microphones. They consist of a concave plate in the shape of a parabola. The diameter of the plate ranges from 20 to 50 centimeters. In its center is an ordinary pickup connected to an amplifier with a tape recorder. The pickup picks up and sums the signals entering the cymbal. The more concave the cymbal is, the stronger and more accurate the sound will be. This microphone cannot record the conversation of a single target. We can only grasp the range. The sounds of nature and animals are recorded with them.
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Laser microphone
With the help of a laser listening device, you can hear what is happening in the room. It reads the vibration of a window in a room. The device sends a laser beam onto the glass. Having reflected from the glass, the laser, altered by vibrations, returns to the device. The device decrypts the signal and we hear the sound.
The laser range is up to 0.5 kilometers. You don't have to give away your position to the wiretapping target. Without suspicious bugs, you can listen to any intimate conversation on the phone.
The cheapest laser microphone in Moscow costs about half a million rubles. You can buy cheap homemade versions, however, they will not work correctly. If they work at all.
Listening device through the wall
If you and the target of wiretapping are separated only by a concrete wall, then choose this device. The microphone picks up the slightest vibrations of the wall and converts them into sound. Its operating principle is similar to that of a laser. The only exception is that you will have to be at least in the next room.
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In order for the device to work correctly, you need to configure the sound. To do this, lean the microphone against the wall and adjust the sensitivity. As soon as you hear understandable speech, you can use it.
The device for direct wiretapping through the wall is cheap. You can buy it in special bug and phone stores for about five thousand rubles.
We looked at the types of listening devices at a distance. You have probably already chosen for yourself what type of device to replace the notorious bugs with. In the next paragraph we will look at popular models of listening devices.
Features of using GSM bugs for wiretapping
Listening devices are distinguished by their practicality and breadth of functionality. The devices help solve various issues. Initially, such wiretapping bugs were created for parents who want to be aware of their child’s affairs and not be afraid for him.
These devices are often used to establish additional control over protected objects. The functionality of the alarm system is sometimes not enough, and in such situations wiretapping bugs come to the rescue. Conversations broadcast by devices can be recorded on the user's mobile phone. The evidence obtained in this way can be used during the trial. This is especially true given that the Russian government has adopted a law according to which video and audio files are full-fledged evidence.
Market favorites
Parabolic microphone Super Ear 100
As with all parabolic devices, it uses a concave parabolic dish made of plastic. This device comes with headphones and binoculars with 8x magnification. The built-in voice recorder allows you to record short conversations. You can connect headphones so that nothing interferes with listening to the target.
A microphone with a dish allows you to listen to a conversation at a distance of up to one hundred meters. With up to 70dB of audio amplification, the Super Ear 100 is extremely sensitive, and you can set it to a maximum output of 105dB to record any phone conversation.
This beauty is powered by a 9-volt “crown”, which will live for 55 hours. Weighs a little over a kilogram. Thanks to its durable design, it is able to listen to the environment and phones in any frost or heat.
The price of Super Ear 100 ranges from 3,500 to 5 thousand rubles.
Yukon directional microphone
Like the previous specimen, it can pick up sounds from a hundred meters away. However, it does not have a special cymbal and is smaller in size than a stage microphone. Battery life is up to 300 hours.
The wind will not be a problem with it, since the Yukon is equipped with a modern noise reduction system. You can adjust the volume and sound strength yourself.
The microphone can be attached to binoculars, a spotting scope, or a camera. It will be convenient for you not only to listen to the target, but also to observe it. There is also a tripod mount.
This device is eagerly used by reporters and cameramen in sound studios, because with it it will not be difficult to record professional-quality sound.
Yukon price - from 4200 to 6 thousand rubles.
