http://blog.cy4or.co.uk Just another WordPress weblog Tue, 07 Sep 2010 14:30:59 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A survey undertaken by Symantec of 5,000 lawyers across EMEA firms has revealed the challenges of producing critical digital evidence in legal cases.  These challenges in identifying and recovering vast amounts of electronically stored information has, in the last two years, reportedly caused lawyers to lose a case or to be ... http://blog.cy4or.co.uk/?p=404 Interesting research released by ZyLAB this week found that 88% of FTSE 100 companies are at risk of litigation.  These companies were assessed according to their susceptibility to risk factors including whether they are customer facing or if they have a history of litigation. Key findings of the ZyLAB research as reported by ... http://blog.cy4or.co.uk/?p=402 CIFAS, the UK's Fraud Prevention Service, in collaboration with a number of private and public sector bodies and experts, has released a report entitled 'The Internal Betrayal: A CIFAS Report of Beating the Growing Threat of Staff Fraud'. http://www.cifas.org.uk/download/The_Internal_Betrayal_CIFAS_Special_Report.pdf This report noted a 45% increase in the number of cases of fraud ... http://blog.cy4or.co.uk/?p=400 CY4OR & PKF are holding a joint seminar on how business intelligence and computer forensics can combine to protect your business at times of corporate and digital fraud.  This seminar will present a unique opportunity to listen to the presentation of those involved in this intriguing sector. The case study below ... http://blog.cy4or.co.uk/?p=397 The Ministry of Justice announced last month that the Bribery Act will come into force in April 2011 (http://www.justice.gov.uk/publications/bribery-act.htm).  But what will be the implications for UK organisations?  Research conducted by Eversheds found that in a poll of 694 executives, 60% were unaware that under the Act, failing to prevent bribery is ... http://blog.cy4or.co.uk/?p=395 At least 3,000 people have been defrauded of more than £675,000 and millions more British internet bank customers are at risk.  The cyber criminals, thought to be an Eastern European group, have developed an internet virus which hides on home computers to steal confidential passwords and account details. The virus, called Zeus ... http://blog.cy4or.co.uk/?p=393 Jailbreaking is a term used to describe a process that will allow users to run third party software on their iPhone, iPad and iPodtouch. This then unlocks the operating system and allows the user to download many different applications from providers other than Apple, while still ... http://blog.cy4or.co.uk/?p=390 Dan Williams, one of our mobile phone forensic investigators, recently contributed to an article for the BAPCO Journal - http://www.bapcojournal.com/news/search.php?_FB%5Bq%5D=searching+for+mobile+gold Mobile forensics is becoming widely established as a vital component of modern policing with forces across the country embracing the technology and increasingly “doing it for themselves” rather than relying on ... http://blog.cy4or.co.uk/?p=386