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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
