Digital Forensic Services around South Africa

The Importance of Penetration Testing in South Africa Today

Cyber Security, Penetration Testing / TCG Forensics

Introduction: With the increasing dependence on digital infrastructure and the rise of cyber threats, South Africa, like many other countries, faces significant challenges in ensuring the security of its information systems. In this context, penetration testing emerges as a crucial tool for organizations to identify vulnerabilities and protect their networks, applications, and data from potential

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Fake Policeman Scams

Scams / TCG Forensics

What you need to know about FAKE POLICEMAN SCAMS How They Work This scam usually starts with the victim approaching an escort service or massage parlour. He is unable to secure an appointment as the lady is always busy or wants up-front payment before the appointment.A week or two goes by before a “policeman’ contacts

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Online Modeling Scams

Scams / TCG Forensics

What you need to know about ONLINE MODELING SCAMSHow They Work This scam targets young women (and men) under 21 years old. They’re approached or Instagram and offered seasonal modeling contracts and attractive “sign on bonuses-. The scammers are well versed in modeling industry terminology. The scammer moves communication off of Instagram onto WhatsApp as

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Sextortion Scams

Scams / TCG Forensics

HOW THEY WORKThese scams start with an attractive lady sending a friend request so a male victim. The scammer then starts chatting and asks for the conversation to be moved to WhatsApp. Once on WhatsApp the scammer sends the victim semi-naked pictures and asks for his in return.As soon as the victim has sent the

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What Fraud REALLY costs….

Posts, Fraud / TCG Forensics

Why commercial crime kills businesses. When a company suffers a loss from internal fraud that loss of course comes straight off of the bottom line profit. Company A works on a 20% margin. Consequently a loss of say 1 million is effectively 5 Million in TURNOVER that’s been lost. The indirect consequence is that the

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What is a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE)?

Posts / TCG Forensics

You may have noticed that some of our team have the letters CFE after their names. Others are noted as being members of the ACFE (Association of Certified Fraud Examiners). Within the forensics division of the company, we need to ensure that our staff have the best-of-breed qualifications. Within the investigation of commercial crimes, the

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What do you know about our OsInt Services?

Posts, Open-Source Intelligence / TCG Forensics

Who uses OsInt? OsInt is used by private and forensic investigators, attorneys, law enforcement, intelligence organisations, fraud investigators, human resources professionals, tracing agents and commercial enterprises. It is a key component of performing due diligence studies on persons and businesses. What is SmInt? Social Media Intelligence is the use of information stored within social media

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What can be done about Identity Theft?

Posts / TCG Forensics

With millions of people affected by identity theft every year, this online crime is nothing new. But as the years go by we will see fraudsters going to extreme lengths in order to steal your private information. One method that will be widespread is using captured online videos. But how will this work? Online criminals

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4 important Tips to get the most out of your Security Camera System

Posts / TCG Forensics

Having a modern security camera system can help you when it comes to solving break-ins, robberies and a range of different crimes, but how can you improve the odds even more? With the help of an expert audio/video forensics investigator, you can boost those odds even further in your favor – contact the TCG Digital

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Your regular IT Guy just won’t make the grade when it comes to a forensic investigation – and this is why…

Posts / TCG Forensics

We often have clients and potential clients advise us “We’ll get our IT guy to look, he’s excellent” Now we’re not questioning your IT guys skill or experience in computing in any way whatsoever and we’re quite sure he’s very capable. That being said, when matters take a legal turn and a forensic approach is

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