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Digital photocopiers pose security threat
for identity theft

by Regents Risk Advisory | April 22, 2012 | Computer Forensics, Cyber-Threat | 0 Comments

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...

Theft of military data drive
exposes security flaws

by Regents Risk Advisory | November 7, 2011 | Cyber-Threat, Data Security | 0 Comments

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...

‘Flash robs’ create new challenge to retailers

by Regents Risk Advisory | October 23, 2011 | Cyber-Threat | 0 Comments

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...

Hacking of White House Gmail accounts

by Regents Risk Advisory | June 6, 2011 | Cyber-Threat, Data Security, Forensic Data & Cyber Threats | 0 Comments

The recent announcement by Google that a number of users Gmail accounts have been hacked into has ratchet up the debate on cyber war between China and the US. The importance of this report relates to the fact that these Gmail accounts were held and sued by senior US...