by Anna Brown | Sep 16, 2020 | Blog
It’s incredibly easy to send anonymous emails and hide your identity. You can hide your IP address and even make it look like the email comes from a different IP address. Unfortunately, we see many people abuse this to threaten, stalk, or abuse someone online....
by Anna Brown | Sep 8, 2020 | Uncategorized
The Increasing Need for Online Crime and Cybercrime Investigations Cybercrime investigations are often thought of as investigations into network intrusions, ransomware, and distributed denial of service attacks. However, it also involves any criminal activity through...
by Anna Brown | Jul 6, 2020 | Cyber Investigation Services
Sexual blackmail occurs when sexual blackmail videos or photos are used to extort sexual favors from victims. This blackmail material is often obtained through social media or sexting. Unlike sextortion, online blackmail scammers tend to target men to extort money....
by Anna Brown | Jun 29, 2020 | Blog
Always use a different password Not a month goes by without another huge data breach from a major company. And every time, the information of millions of users is stolen. But not only via big companies, but also through phishing emails and internet scams. You...
by Anna Brown | May 28, 2020 | Blog
Sextortion definition According to the FBI, sextortion is “a serious crime that occurs when someone threatens to distribute your private and sensitive material if you don’t provide them images of a sexual nature, sexual favors, or money.” Another...
by Anna Brown | May 21, 2020 | Blog
Disrupting a Gumtree Scam that converges with a Romance Scam In western countries, less than 1 in 100 cybercrimes are investigated, and less than 1 in 10,000 are prosecuted. So what can you do? We can’t “solve” these crimes, but we can disrupt the...
by Anna Brown | May 15, 2020 | Blog
Phishing definition and how to protect yourself Phishing is an attempt to deceive users in order to take sensitive information from them via emails, telephone or text. Social Engineering Phishing applies social engineering – the act of deception, or capitalizing...
by Anna Brown | Apr 17, 2020 | Blog
The FBI urges everyone to be extra vigilant for cyber scams during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Cybercriminals are using the pandemic fears for their profit, using a fresh set of malicious software and cyber scams. There are thousands of cybercriminals. These range...
by Anna Brown | Mar 31, 2020 | Blog
How to stop cyberstalkers Definition of cyberstalking Cyberstalking is a crime in which the stalker harasses a victim through electronic communication. This could happen through email, texts, calls, or messages posted on a website or discussion forum. Cyber stalkers...
by Anna Brown | Mar 9, 2020 | Blog
If you want to repair your online reputation, it is important to know how to convince Google to rank your content high in Google search results. We listed SEO statistics for 2020 to help you get an understanding of SEO how to improve your online presence. By...
