by Bethan on May, 28 / No comments / Filed under: CY4OR News, Cybercrime, Fraud, Media Coverage
A gang of TV fraudsters face lengthy custodial sentences after profiting from selling illegal set top boxes to receive Virgin Media channels.
CY4OR was key to this investigation providing conclusive evidence in the high profile investigation which sends out a warning to other would-be fraudsters.
The illegal set-top boxes allowed people access to some of Virgin Media’s paid-for [...]
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by Bethan on May, 24 / No comments / Filed under: IT Security
At the CSO Interchange event in London ealier this month, a live poll of 30 Chief Security Officers believed cloud computing solutions to be an opportunity. It was concluded, however, that industry standards were required to allow those adopting this technology to evaluate and compare alternative cloud providers.
Peter Bauer, CEO and founder of cloud based [...]
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by Bethan on May, 18 / No comments / Filed under: CY4OR News, Cybercrime, Fraud
A number of weeks ago CY4OR was asked to feature in a Raconteur supplement in The Times on Business Ethics. Of course we agreed and our comment is featured on page 11 of the supplement which was published today.
Click here for the Business Ethics supplement
An extract from the article entitled Fraud without frontiers…’Joel Tobias, managing director [...]
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by Bethan on May, 13 / No comments / Filed under: CY4OR News, Uncategorized
CY4OR has raised more than £2,000 in a fitting fundraiser as managing director Joel Tobias abseiled 230 feet for London’s Air Ambulance.
In his first abseil, Joel, 42, from Manchester, was one of 180 fundraisers to brave the 12 storey vertical descent of Canary Wharf’s Barclays building to raise funds for the charity. The helicopter’s doctors, pilots, [...]
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by Bethan on May, 12 / No comments / Filed under: CY4OR News, Forensic Imaging, Insolvency
The volume of paper and electronic information involved in an insolvency case is likely to be considerable. It is extremely important to handle all records by following the correct procedures.
CY4OR is experienced in collecting digital data according to the Association of Chief Police Officers Guidelines. Following these strict guidelines ensures that should electronic records be [...]
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by Bethan on May, 06 / No comments / Filed under: Cybercrime, Fraud, IP Theft
Preventing data loss is now a priority for many organisations. Last week our blog talked about rating your level of information security, following a report issued by PriceWaterhouse Coopers claiming that security breaches are a continuing problem. Data leakage prevention technologies are now becoming more common place as organisations seek to counter this issue.
With so many ways [...]
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by Bethan on May, 05 / No comments / Filed under: Fraud
Bashar Issa, the Manchester based property developer who went bankrupt last year, has been arrested by police investigating an allegation of gross negligence and corporate manslaughter.
His disbanded BSC Group owed £69m when bankruptcy was announced in May 2009. His arrest was relating to the ongoing investigation into the death of a worker at the Sarah [...]
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