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Police chief becomes first to back statutory duty of care on social media

by Lost Memories - Data Recovery | Mar 25, 2019 | Binary Forensics - Digital Forensic Experts, Computer Forensics, Cyber Security, Mobile Phone Forensics, Open Source Research

Social media firms have failed to crack downn on “violent, insidious and criminal” content and should be regulated, says a police chief who has become the first to publicly back a statutory duty of care. Mike Cunningham, head of the College of Policing, the...

Facebook employees had access to plain-text passwords for millions of users

by Lost Memories - Data Recovery | Mar 22, 2019 | Binary Forensics - Digital Forensic Experts, Computer Forensics, Cyber Security, Mobile Phone Forensics, Open Source Research

If you've been waiting for a new reason to bash Facebook, you might just be in luck today. A report from security research company Krebs on Security, which has since been confirmed by Facebook itself, reveals that the social network improperly stored...

Investigation underway into malware attack on the Police Federation of England and Wales

by Lost Memories - Data Recovery | Mar 22, 2019 | Binary Forensics - Digital Forensic Experts, Computer Forensics, Cyber Security, Ransomware

The Police Federation of England and Wales (PFEW) has published a statement on Twitter explaining that it has been dealing with a “malware attack” on its computers. The organisation was alerted to the problem on Saturday and in response acted to contain the...

Children must be protected from ‘online Wild West’ – MPs

by Lost Memories - Data Recovery | Mar 21, 2019 | Binary Forensics - Digital Forensic Experts, Computer Forensics, Lost Memories - Data Recovery, Mobile Phone Forensics

MPs are calling for tough new regulation to protect children from firms operating in an "online Wild West". Addiction to social media should potentially be classed as a disease, according to a group of MPs. In a new report looking at the impact of social media on...

More than two thirds of all Android antivirus apps are ineffective and many don’t even do anything at all

by Lost Memories - Data Recovery | Mar 21, 2019 | Cyber Security, Mobile Phone Forensics

Facepalm: In a survey of 250 Android so-called antivirus apps, only 80 were found to block more than 30% of malware samples. Some of the apps tested didn't even have any antivirus functionality at all. AV-Comparatives is an industry research group that rates...

“100 unique exploits and counting”: Hackers begin exploiting WinRAR critical vulnerability

by Lost Memories - Data Recovery | Mar 21, 2019 | Cyber Security

If you have WinRAR installed, make sure you've updated to the most recent version that patches a critical security vulnerability. Vulnerable versions are subject to malicious archive files that are booby trapped and now opportunistic hackers are using this attack...

Phishing | Ransomware | Central Intelligence Agency – Case

by Lost Memories - Data Recovery | Mar 20, 2019 | Binary Forensics - Digital Forensic Experts, Cryptocurrencies, Cyber Security, Lost Memories - Data Recovery, Ransomware

We received the below blatant attempt at blackmail yesterday, don't try and trick a Company specialising in Digital Forensics Subject: Central Intelligence Agency - Case #84719652 Case #84719652 Distribution and storage of pornographic electronic materials involving...

OSINT | Locating The Netherlands’ Most Wanted Criminal By Scrutinising Instagram

by Lost Memories - Data Recovery | Mar 20, 2019 | Binary Forensics - Digital Forensic Experts, Cyber Security, Open Source Research

A fugitive convict from the Netherlands is taunting Dutch police with provocative pictures and videos from Iran, playing a game of “catch me if you can” on Instagram. “I love my freedom. And the weather,” he has stated....

Police Scotland told to put “hacking” kiosks on hold

by Lost Memories - Data Recovery | Mar 20, 2019 | Binary Forensics - Digital Forensic Experts, Mobile Phone Forensics

The UK data watchdog (ICO) has demanded an assurance that £700,000 mobile phone hacking devices will not be issued to police officers until their legality has been established. Our Digital Forensic Experts can carry out Mobile Phone Forensics with the impartiality and...

Court cases collapse as digital evidence goes unchecked

by Lost Memories - Data Recovery | Mar 19, 2019 | Binary Forensics - Digital Forensic Experts, Computer Forensics, Drone Forensics, Mobile Phone Forensics

Criminal cases are being abandoned because digital evidence is not available to bring or continue prosecutions, the forensic science regulator has said. A report by Gillian Tully, the government-appointed regulator, states that police forensic science units no longer...