The Mobile Digital Forensic package is aimed at providing easier and more secure collection and storage of digital evidence at crime scenes or at scientific work sites. Dell on March 24 started shipping a new ruggedized laptop with special features designed specifically for forensic evidence collection by law enforcement or scientific specialists. The Mobile Digital […]
ForHacSec.com published an article earlier this month about Popular UK-based biking site ChainReactionCycles.com who’s website appears, according to mountain bike forums, to have been breached and customers credit card data made vulnerable. Today, it has been confirmed that a security breach on its systems led to fraud against its customers. Some of the cyclists who […]
There is becoming an ever familiar pattern emerging with vulnerabilities believed to be with the mobile telecommunications provider O2, previously ‘Cellnet’. It is believed fraudsters are making use of the mobile phone company’s lack of electronic transaction processing checks in order to find out whether or not fraudulently obtained credit/debit cards are still active. The […]
UPDATE AVAILABLE HERE A pattern is being seen in Newcastle City Centre by Vodafone UK customers. More and more people are taking to Vodafone’s eforum to voice their upset at the fact that none business customers are unable to get a reliable 3G data connection, particularly during business hours. Various customers of Vodafone with various […]
About the Centre for Cybercrime and Computer Security: As stated on the Centre for Cybercrime and Computer Security’s website- “The origin of the Centre for Cybercrime and Computer Security can be traced to 2007. Representatives of the School of Computing Science, the North East Fraud Forum (NEFF) , and relevant international experts came together to […]
I’m increasingly being asked by folks on Facebook if it’s possible to tell who has been viewing their Facebook profile. A number have been attracted to webpages and Facebook applications that claim to be able to give you a secret insight into who is spying on your profile. Well, if you’re one of those people […]
Two out of five UK home users don’t have a clue about how to change the security settings of their home wireless network. The 21st century equivalent of a failure in understanding how to program home video recorders was exposed in a survey commissioned by privacy watchdogs at the Information Commissioners Office (ICO). The online […]
A huge paedophile network behind a Netherlands-based online forum called boylover.net has been smashed and 184 suspects have been arrested, following a worldwide police operation. It’s not as if the site was trying to hide in plain sight by calling itself “boylover.net”. More than 4,000 intelligence reports were issued to police authorities in over 30 […]
AN UPDATE TO THIS ARTICLE IS AVAILABLE HERE There is a lot of discussion going on right now in the mountain biking world following fraudulent transactions being made on customers credit and debit cards which have been used in the last 7-10 days on popular online mountain biking store chainreactioncycles.com. A large number of people […]