by Regents Risk Advisory | Apr 22, 2012 | Computer Forensics, Cyber-Threat
The digital photocopier being used in your home or office may offer an identity thief or fraudster gateway direct to your personal or sensitive data. Though most users are unaware, nearly all digital copiers sold since 2002 contain a digital hard drive — similar to...
by Regents Risk Advisory | Feb 8, 2012 | Corruption, Employee Misconduct, Fraud & Integrity
A Singaporean businessman who paid an incredible SGD $2.4 million to Singapore Ikea’s food services manager over six years has pleaded guilty to 12 counts of corruption involving $761,020. Andrew Tee Fook Boon, owner of business AT35 Services, gave monthly bribes to...
by Regents Risk Advisory | Dec 5, 2011 | Intellectual Property
Mobile phone manufacturers have struggled for years to combat the problems of counterfeit batteries and phone accessories being sold in city markets and dubious phone stores. Asia and the Middle East have been a battleground as phone manufacturers sought to stop fake...
by Regents Risk Advisory | Nov 7, 2011 | Cyber-Threat, Data Security
Top secret defence documents belonging to the commander of Australian operations in the Middle East stored on a USB drive went missing from the backpack of a military aide travelling on a commercial flight from Dubai to Pakistan. It is believed the USB went...
by Regents Risk Advisory | Oct 23, 2011 | Cyber-Threat
Just as Twitter, face book and other social networking sites have allowed dissidents to plot the overthrow of dictators in the Middle East, groups of criminals are utilising these tools to plan coordinated thefts from stores in the USA. `Flash mobs’ was the term given...