Financial Investment Scams The pension reforms which allow access to large lump sums from 55 have caused this type of scam to increase. The individual is persuaded to move money into a fake investment fund or into an alluring investment such as gold, wine or cryptocurrencies with the promise of high returns. Contact can be […]

Phishing is the attempt to obtain confidential and personal information, including a user name, password or bank card details from an individual through deceiving them into believing that they are communicating with a trustworthy or reliable source. Phishing attempts are carried out through email spoofing where the email appears to be from one source, however, […]

Have You Received an Unsolicited Email Claiming Evidence of Access to Pornographic Websites You may have received an email similar to the one below requesting payment to resolve an alleged breach in your computer or email security: Your account has been infected! Change your password right away! You probably do not know anything about me […]

Tor Browser – A Brief Overview The Tor Internet Browser is an Internet browsing application that uses The Onion Router (Tor) network that consists of a number of computer servers that move data from one to the next, making it difficult to identify the source of that data and trace it. ‘Tor’ is also a […]

Internet Browsing Forensics – Identifying the Specific Source of an Image On a computer or mobile phone Internet websites are normally ‘visited’ using Internet Browsing software when the browser is directed to the required website. The Internet Browsing software is directed to the required website by using a website address or Uniform Resource Locator (URL). […]