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By Gurpreet Thathy, Director of Cyber Security and Electronic Countermeasures, Valkyrie On 21 June 2023, a well-known monitoring app used on the Android platform called ‘LetMeSpy’, which is used to monitor thousands of Android phones globally, placed a notice that there had been a cyber crime incident involving unauthorised access to the users’ data. Criminals […]

By Gurpreet Thathy, Director of Cyber Security and Electronic Countermeasures, Valkyrie Over the weekend, we had a client whose daughter’s social media accounts were hijacked by a malicious actor. Initially, our client thought the phone had been breached or hacked. However, after several calls with them, it became apparent that it was her credentials for […]

Another busy week for VALKYRIE (GB) LIMITED, and as we approach the end of June Gurpreet Thathy and I managed to catch up with our CEO, Floyd Woodrow and Founder, Peter Malmstrom to discuss all things Valkyrie at our Belgrave Square office. Half way through 2023 already, surely not. We will be recruiting for a […]

By Gurpreet Thathy, Director of Cyber Security and Electronic Countermeasures, Valkyrie During an investigation last week one of our analysts came across a forum on the dark web which was claiming to sell malware. We have posted recently about Malware (malicious software) and how it can infiltrate your systems sent by malicious actors. This particular […]

By Gurpreet Thathy, Director of Cyber Security and Electronic Countermeasures, Valkyrie In our line of work, we have to be flexible for our clients and yesterday was a good example of this. We were in a client meeting when we got a call from another client requesting their mobile and laptop be preserved for a […]

By Gurpreet Thathy, Director of Cyber Security and Electronic Countermeasures, Valkyrie Recently we were tasked with an investigation for a Pharma client. The client was concerned that a former employee may have stolen and taken data to a competitor. The forensic team visited the site, collected the laptop, preserved the laptop and started the investigation. […]

By Matthew Newton, Director of Investigations and Crisis Response, Valkyrie We were tasked recently to investigate a suspicion of fraudulent activity carried out by employees at a hotel. The client has several businesses and relies on their employees to manage the hotel. The fraudulent activity proved to be extensive, involving several scams carried out by […]

Following on from our previous post, Gurpreet Thathy delivered his talk on the ‘cyber threats facing the renewable energy sector’ at the Leadvent Group Renewable Energy cyber security forum, Berlin. He spoke about his experiences with the sector as well as the traditional energy sectors and also gave a different perspective on cybersecurity and TSCM. Of particular interest – to the other […]

By Gurpreet Thathy, Director of Cyber Security and Electronic Countermeasures, Valkyrie A busy few days for the VALKYRIE (GB) LIMITED team. A TSCM and cyber security tasking headed up by Gurpreet Thathy for a client in Lanzarote. Post the 2 day task Gurpreet flew to Berlin for the Leadvent Group Renewable Energy cyber security forum, Gurpreet’s talk is later […]

Early evening yesterday we accompanied a client to the annual Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) Chelsea flower show (CFS) at the Royal Hospital (RH) Chelsea. This is a great event at a great venue, even for the non-horticulturists among us. The RHS was founded in 1804 as the Horticultural Society of London. The CFS was originally […]

By Gurpreet Thathy, Director of Cyber Security and Electronic Countermeasures, Valkyrie At Valkyrie we provide clients with both physical, technical and cyber reviews at residential and corporate properties. In the past year we have seen a rise in the number of cyber security reviews conducted and experienced first-hand how breaches and cyber related issues affect […]

With technology advancing at an exponential rate, unfortunately, so does the threat landscape. When VALKYRIE (GB) LIMITED conduct TSCM inspections, one of the routine checks we carry out is on cable security of ‘standard cables’, such as mobile/iPhone and network cables. Most of us have several of these cables for ease of access/use and they are […]

Here at VALKYRIE (GB) LIMITED, we are fortunate to have a multi-disciplinary team which allows us to provide an array of complementing services. Last week the team were in France and Spain conducting two overseas operations. Both tasks required a blend of our services but centred around protecting sensitive information and ensuring nothing had been breached/accessed; […]

By David Webb, Managing Director, Valkyrie The Valkyrie team were busy over the weekend conducting a private aircraft security task at Farnborough Airport. We had to complete several tasks for the client which involved his aircraft. A few weekends back, we did another similar task at one of the main London airports. However, logistics at […]

In advance of tomorrows historic coronation ceremony of His Majesty King Charles III and the Queen Consort at Westminster Abbey, Valkyrie wishes everyone involved the best of luck – God save the King!