About Australian Bug Detection Group

Australian Bug Detection Group is a team of TSCM specialists based in Melbourne, providing technical surveillance countermeasures to corporate, government and private clients across Australia since 2014. We find hidden listening devices, cameras, GPS trackers and phone spyware, and we help organisations keep their most sensitive conversations private.

Led by our director on every job

Every sweep is led by our director, Alan Earl, an internationally trained technical specialist, alongside his team. Larger sites and multi-room programs are handled by a team of four. Projects are never subcontracted to another provider, so the person who scopes your job is the person who carries it out and signs the report.

How we work

A professional sweep is more than walking a room with a detector. Each job combines several detection methods, because no single tool finds every device:

• Radio frequency analysis with an OSCOR Green 24 GHz spectrum analyser and Kestrel TSCM software, to detect and locate transmitting devices
• Non-linear junction detection, to find hidden electronics even when they are switched off or not transmitting
• Thermal imaging, to reveal the heat signature of concealed devices
• Wi-Fi and Bluetooth analysis, to identify rogue access points and connected devices
• Telephone and cable testing of analogue, digital and VoIP lines
• Physical inspection of power and data points, ceiling spaces, furniture and fittings

After every sweep you receive a written report of what was examined and what was found, suitable for a board, risk committee or legal adviser.