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Why your old smart phone data is a thief’s paradise
From your bank account to private pictures and even passwords, smart phone data retains your most precious secrets – even when you think it’s been cleared, as Harry Wallop was horrified to discover....
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Employee harvested customer details for financial gain
An employee who harvested customer details for financial gain has received an eight-month suspended prison sentence for unauthorised access to computer data. As reported by The Register, an employee...
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The Principle of Least Privilege (POLP) & why your business needs it
The potential misuse and theft of company data is an increasing problem. This is in part, due to full administrator rights being left on company devices. Best practice is to apply the principle of...
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Data Breaches and Privileged Credential Abuse
Allowing full administration rights on company devices enables the potential risk of network abuse, employee misconduct and data theft. Privileged credential abuse is one of the most common weapons...
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Insider Threats Within the Finance Industry
The risk of Insider Threat within the finance industry is a prevalent trend that has grown in significance due to data theft and financial fraud. Insider Threat is faced across all industries;...
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Calling all local councils investigating childcare proceedings
By Dan Sutton – Head of Cell Site Over the years I have seen an increase in mobile device examinations in childcare proceedings cases, with people spending countless hours on their mobile phones or on...
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Fitness Tracker Digital Forensics: Retrieving the Digital Evidence
Digital evidence retrieved from fitness trackers using digital forensic methodology can be crucial to the outcome of fraud investigations. Fitness tracker digital forensics has become more prevalent...
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Court grants Johnny Depp digital forensic access to Amber Heard’s phone
A court has ruled that the legal team representing Johnny Depp can have a digital forensic expert examine the phone and associated metadata to identify if photos were fabricated. A Virginia court has...
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Your Fitbit is watching you, Scotland Yard warns criminals
Scotland Yard is stepping up its hi-tech efforts against criminals by harvesting more data from Fitbit watches, smart speakers, doorbells, gaming devices and even coffee makers to contradict false...
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CYFOR Successfully Retains ISO 9001 & ISO 27001 Certifications
CYFOR has successfully retained certification against ISO 9001:2015 (Standards for Quality Management Systems), and ISO 27001:2013, an internationally recognised framework for best practice in...
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Police backlog of over 20,000 digital devices awaiting examination
A Channel 4 News investigation has revealed Police forces have more than 20,000 digital devices waiting to be examined – raising fears over the impact of the backlog on the entire criminal justice...
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Data Recovery Through Remote & On-Site Investigations
During certain digital forensic investigations, there are circumstances where clients require a forensically sound collection of data via remote collection or on-site collection. The retrieval of...
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Digital forensics expert claims Amber Heard’s injury photos were edited
The Depp vs Heard trial took an interesting turn when actor Johnny Depp’s lawyers called a digital forensics expert, Bryan Neumeister, to the stand as a rebuttal witness. He stated that he analysed...
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Search and Seizure of Digital Evidence
Search and seizure orders are often the only option available to maintain the integrity of digital evidence. Search and seizure orders along with preservation of evidence orders are often approved by...
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CYFOR are officially presented with ISO 17025 accreditation by UKAS
Following preliminary accreditation in November 2021, we are proud to announce that UKAS has now officially presented CYFOR with ISO 17025. The United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS) are...
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Crime Outcomes Report 2022 – The Rise of Digital Forensic Investigations
The Home Office have published their annual official crime statistics for England and Wales, with a particular focus on the role of Digital Forensics against the rise in fraud and Computer Misuse Act...
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The Police Foundation Report – Turning the Tide on CSA
Workload and knowledge gaps identified as key issues for Police digital forensics teams Over two-thirds of senior stakeholders report insufficient resources in their digital forensics teams to tackle...
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What is Cell Site Analysis?
CYFOR’s in-house cell site experts detail the specifics of Cell Site Analysis. A specialist technique, which can provide vital digital evidence within a criminal investigation. What is Cell Site...
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Digital Forensics in Criminal Investigations: Current Applications and Future...
Q&A with Vicky Saunders, Criminal Team Lead As Criminal Team Lead, Vicky has a pivotal role in maintaining quick turnaround times and the high quality of work produced by CYFOR’s Digital Forensics...
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New police tech to help speed up digital forensic investigations
Exeter police are trialling new technology to help officers obtain data from victims’ or witnesses’ phones more efficiently and speed up digital forensic investigations. As reported by the BBC, Police...
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