One of the procedural measures that have been introduced by Organic Law 13/2015, of October 5 (Spain), amending the Criminal Procedure Law for strengthening procedural safeguards and regulating technological research measures allows the Judicial Police The recording and recording of oral communications through the use of electronic devices and the use of technical devices for image capture, tracking and localization. The Judicial Police has all these technical tools: Tracking Devices Localization devices Image Capture Devices Voice Communication Intercept Devices Interception devices for telematic communications (eg, the possibility of identifying the IP, IMEI, device, etc.) Registration of Mass Storage Information Devices Remote logs on computer equipmentRead More →

During 2017 we will suffer ‘old’ threats like ransomware, cyber espionage and ‘hacktivist’ exposing privacy issues but in addition to known them, our threats list will upgrade so much adding new concepts like machine learning accelerates social engineering attacks or cloud computing providers infection. The list is a very long, so a big effort (time, money, people) is needed to mitigate all these risks. After reading more than 10 different reports about Cyber Security Threats 2017 published in Internet I did my own version. I hope you like it. You can see my presentation here: Cyber security threats for 2017 from Ramiro Cid  Read More →

Nowadays the payment fraud landscape is changing quite fast. Changing from classic schemes as bank cheque fraud, faked manual payment orders to organized crime with corporate as targets. Understanding fraud also occurs when dishonest acts are committed without personal gain but are intended to create a loss or risk of loss for another person or entity. This includes the intentional misrepresentation of financial condition. I created a presentation where I explain in details this topic, you can see my presentation here: Payment fraud from Ramiro CidRead More →