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By Gurpreet Thathy, Director of Cyber Security and Electronic Countermeasures, Valkyrie Following on from our article on 19th January this year, and since the release of Apple’s Bluetooth-based tracking gadget AirTag, there have been several complaints of the device being used for stalking and other illegal acts all over the world. As a result of […]

By Matthew Newton, Director of Investigations and Crisis Response, Valkyrie Over the past weeks/days there has been much said and written about Ukraine and the ‘likely’ Putin invasion, including by us at VALKYRIE (GB) LIMITED in regards to Cyber-attack concerns. The second guessing came to an end on Thursday when Putin launched his much-anticipated military operation. In the lead […]

By Matthew Newton, Director of Investigations and Crisis Response, Valkyrie Identity fraud, or ‘ID theft’, involves the use of a person’s stolen details to commit crime. Many victims never find out exactly how someone got hold of their details and clearing things up afterwards can be costly and stressful. Criminals are experts at impersonating people, […]

By Gurpreet Thathy, Director of Cyber Security and Electronic Countermeasures, Valkyrie Another busy week here at VALKYRIE (GB) LIMITED – Several tasking completed including a London based TSCM/bug sweep for a client – the house had recently been renovated with the family planning to move in shortly. They tasked us with a full security audit of the […]

By Gurpreet Thathy, Director of Cyber Security and Electronic Countermeasures, Valkyrie Strong-Customer-Authentication (SCA) rules to be implemented – 14th March Over the coming weeks online shoppers in the UK can expect more identity checks and possibly more card-declined messages as retailers ready themselves for new anti-fraud rules that come into effect on 14th March. Buyers […]

By Matthew Newton, Director of Investigations and Crisis Response, Valkyrie Our previous post (2nd Feb) asked the question whether the UK was at risk of Russian cyber-attack over Ukraine support. As the situation in Ukraine continues to escalate and remains fluid UK business/organisations should consider protecting themselves from potential cyber threats. Putin may be preparing […]

Here at Valkyrie, we occasionally have requests from clients to trace historical records of loved ones.  Be it military records, ancestry enquiries or information about a persons life.  Although the majority of our work involve bug sweeping, cyber security, surveillance and investigations, we are always happy to provide clients with services bespoke to their needs. […]

By David Webb, Managing Director, Valkyrie The threat to the UK (England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland) from terrorism is SUBSTANTIAL. LOW means an attack is highly unlikely MODERATE means an attack is possible, but not likely SUBSTANTIAL means an attack is likely SEVERE means an attack is highly likely CRITICAL means an attack is […]

By Gurpreet Thathy, Director of Cyber Security and Electronic Countermeasures, Valkyrie This morning, here at Valkyrie, we had the exciting task to brief one of our clients on our TSCM (bug sweeping) capabilities.  The photograph shows Dave Webb, Valkyrie Managing Director, and myself having a quick pre meet chat before Gurpreet Thathy and Mike Moran […]

By Matthew Newton, Director of Investigations and Crisis Response, Valkyrie SWIPE LEFT Since our romance fraud post last year, this heart-breaking crime has been trending within the media and is prevalent worldwide.  Following on from our post on 11th November last year, and after I watched The Tinder Swindler on Netflix last weekend, I wanted to […]

By Gurpreet Thathy, Director of Cyber Security and Electronic Countermeasures, Valkyrie Identity fraud and theft: Identity fraud, or ‘ID theft’, involves the use of a person’s stolen details to commit crime. Many victims never find out exactly how someone got hold of their details and clearing things up afterwards can be costly and stressful. Criminals […]

By Matthew Newton, Director of Investigations and Crisis Response, Valkyrie Most of my police career was spent in Special Branch.  The first Special Branch, or Special Irish Branch, as it was then known, was a unit of London’s Metropolitan Police formed in March 1883 to combat the Irish Republican Brotherhood. The name became Special Branch as the unit’s remit […]

By Matthew Newton, Director of Investigations and Crisis Response, Valkyrie In my previous life, I was a detective in central London and for a time, I was assigned to the Burglary Squad.  A very traumatic crime was distraction burglary, also called burglary artifice.  In my experience, criminals tend to target the vulnerable, especially the elderly […]

By Matthew Newton, Director of Investigations and Crisis Response, Valkyrie ‘Technology in Investigations’, the first education event of 2022 from the Female Fraud Forum, took place at 6pm, 8 February at Ince Gordon Dadds LLP, Aldgate Tower (one of the images was taken from the tower). Gurpreet Thathy, Valkyrie’s Director of Cyber Security and Electronic […]

Sexual Abuse and Sexual Violence Awareness Week 2022 The 7th-13th February is recognised as Sexual Abuse and Sexual Violence Awareness Week. This annual event is dedicated to bringing together organisations and communities to promote awareness of sexual abuse and sexual violence.  Sexual abuse and sexual violence can happen to anyone, regardless of age, gender identity or […]