Cyber Investigations

Security Testing, Incident Response and Digital Investigations

Futurum Risk helps organisations find the weaknesses in their systems before an attacker does, and establish what happened when a breach, a cyber attack or a cryptocurrency fraud has already taken place.

Our training, consultancy and cyber security arm carries out vulnerability assessments and penetration tests, responds to security incidents and preserves the digital evidence, while our investigations and intelligence arm identifies the people, companies and assets behind the activity. Testing starts with what an attacker could learn about your organisation from the outside, and forensic work is carried out so that the evidence holds up with lawyers, regulators and the courts.

Embedded Intelligence

For more than a decade, law firms, financial institutions and government agencies have trusted Futurum Risk with their most sensitive investigations. Those investigations have shown us how organisations are targeted and how evidence is lost, and we bring that knowledge to every security test and digital investigation we carry out.

Areas of Expertise

Vulnerability Assessment & Penetration Testing

Finding the weaknesses in your networks and web applications and testing which of them pose a real risk, without taking any of your systems offline. A vulnerability assessment identifies known weaknesses and ranks them by risk. A penetration test goes further, testing selected weaknesses under controlled conditions to show how far an attacker could get. Every service is offered at Essential, Standard and Advanced levels, with a retest included at each.

Key Services

1) Vulnerability Assessment:

  • External Vulnerability Assessment: everything you have facing the internet, including websites, servers, open ports and their encryption settings
  • Internal Vulnerability Assessment: the devices, servers and services on your internal network, as they would look to someone already inside

2) Network Penetration Testing:

  • External Network Penetration Test: controlled testing of your internet-facing systems to show which weaknesses are a real risk
  • Internal Network Penetration Test: controlled testing inside your network to identify attack paths and how far an attacker could move

3) Web Application Penetration Testing:

  • Web Application Penetration Test: how your website, client portal or booking system handles logins, sessions, permissions and the information people enter

4) Vulnerability Monitoring:

  • Monthly or Quarterly Monitoring: regular review of the systems we have assessed, showing what is new, what keeps coming back and what has been fixed

Digital Forensics & Incident Response

When a breach, a ransomware attack, data theft or suspected wrongdoing by staff comes to light, we contain the incident to limit the damage, then recover and analyse the evidence from computers, phones, servers and cloud accounts. That tells you how it happened, who was responsible and what was taken or affected. Evidence is preserved with a documented chain of custody, so it can support disciplinary action, legal proceedings or a report to a regulator or the police.

Key Services

1. Incident Response:

  • Emergency Response & Containment:Rapid response to active breaches, including ransomware, data theft and network intrusion, to limit the damage and establish its scope
  • Threat Triage & Validation:Assessing alerts or suspicious activity to establish if an incident is underway

2. Digital Evidence Acquisition & Preservation:

  • Forensically Sound Imaging: Exact, verifiable copies of data from computers, servers, mobile devices and cloud accounts, with chain of custody maintained
  • Live Data Acquisition: Capturing system memory and active network connections before systems are powered down

3. Forensic Analysis & Investigation:

  • Timeline Reconstruction: Establishing the sequence of events during an incident
  • Malware Analysis Support: Identifying malicious software, how it arrived and what it did, with specialist reverse engineers brought in where needed
  • User Activity Analysis: File access, application use, communications and internet history of specific users
  • Log Analysis: Tracing attacker activity across system, application and network logs
  • Data Recovery: Recovering deleted, hidden or corrupted files relevant to the case

4. Internal Investigations Support:

  • Employee Misconduct: Investigating policy violations, intellectual property theft, fraud, harassment, or other internal matters using digital evidence.
  • Insider Threat Detection & Analysis: Identifying and investigating malicious or negligent actions by internal personnel.


5. Reporting

  • Detailed Forensic Reports: Providing clear, concise, and technically accurate reports suitable for internal use, legal counsel, or law enforcement.

Web3 / Crypto Related Digital Investigations

When cryptocurrency or other digital assets have been stolen, lost to fraud or moved through a compromised wallet or exchange, we trace the funds across blockchains to establish where they went and who controls the wallets that received them. That covers theft, investment scams, NFT and decentralised finance fraud, and smart contract attacks. Our findings are set out as evidence that can support recovery through exchanges, the courts or law enforcement, and we can review smart contracts for weaknesses before launch.

Key Services

1. Cryptocurrency Transaction Tracing & Analysis:

  • Following the Money: Tracing Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, stable coins and other tokens across public blockchains to identify sources, destinations and intermediary wallets
  • Attribution Analysis: Linking blockchain addresses to exchanges, known actors and individuals using open-source intelligence and specialist tools

2. Stolen Crypto Asset Recovery Support:

  • Theft Investigation: Identifying the wallets that received stolen cryptocurrency or NFTs, and providing the evidence needed to pursue recovery through the courts or exchanges

3. NFT & DeFi Fraud Investigation:

  • Fraud Investigation: fraudulent NFT mints, wash trading, rug pulls and other Web3 scams
  • On-Chain Analysis: transaction patterns analysed for evidence of fraud

4. Smart Contract Security Incident Investigation:

  • Analysing exploited vulnerabilities in smart contracts to understand the attack vector and flow of stolen funds.
  • Full smart contract auditing for pre-deployment is also available.

5. Exchange Compromise & Wallet Security Analysis:

  • Investigating security incidents involving centralised or decentralised exchanges.
  • Analysing compromised individual or corporate wallets to determine the method of unauthorised access.

6. Dark Web Monitoring:

  • Searching for mentions of client-related crypto assets, compromised credentials for crypto platforms, or illicit activities involving their digital assets on the dark web.
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Why Choose Futurum Risk?

  • Security testing and digital forensics from a firm that also runs investigations and intelligence
  • A retest included with every security test
  • Reports written for your board as well as your technical team
  • Offices in London, Cape Town, Hong Kong and Singapore
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Tailored for Your Industry

  • Law firms and professional services
  • Banks, investors and financial services
  • Hospitality and property groups
  • Technology and online businesses
  • Manufacturing and supply chains
  • Web3 and digital asset businesses
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Our Global Data Access

  • 10 million data points and records collected daily
  • 19 billion+ breached data points
  • 1 billion+ contact details
  • 600 million+ company data points
  • 10 million data points and records collected daily

What Makes Futurum Different?

Penetration testing led by intelligence and cyber experts

Vulnerabilities ranked by business impact

Blockchain tracing for asset recovery

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Incident response that identifies culprits

Forensic evidence built for court

Crypto Wallet Attribution

Concerned About Your Security?

If you suspect a breach or are dealing with an attack now, call or WhatsApp us on +852 7073 1512. If you want to know where your systems are exposed before anything happens, tell us about your organisation, and we will recommend the right service and send you a proposal.

Our Cyber Investigation Tools

Our analysts work with specialist and in-house tools and extensive data access to test systems, preserve and analyse digital evidence, and trace activity across networks, devices and blockchains.

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Digital Forensics
Digital Forensics

Forensic imaging and analysis of computers, mobile devices, servers and cloud accounts

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Blockchain Analysis
Location Data Collection

Tracing transactions and wallets across public blockchains

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Breach and Fraud Databases
Fraud Databases

Immediate queries across breached data and public and closed fraud databases

Our Cyber Investigation Methodology

Every engagement, from a security test to an incident response or a cryptocurrency trace, follows the same five stages.

Our Methodology

1. Customised Cyber Investigation Plan

Each engagement begins with an understanding of your systems, the threats you face and what you need to achieve. We shape the approach around your security needs, legal considerations and risk profile.

2.Authorisation & Data Acquisition

Scope and rules of engagement are agreed before any testing begins. We then collect technical data from endpoints, networks, cloud environments or blockchains, depending on the case, and handle it securely and in confidence.

3. Forensic Analysis & Vulnerability Correlation

Data is forensically preserved and analysed to identify signs of compromise, attack routes, weak configuration and fraudulent activity, with findings checked across sources from internal logs to on-chain transactions.

4. Risk Impact & Attribution Assessment

We assess the operational, reputational, legal and financial impact of what we find and, where the case requires it, link activity to known actors, internal users or external parties.

5. Evidential Reporting & Strategic Guidance

Every engagement ends with a clear, structured report of findings, evidence and recommended actions, written for its purpose, from internal decisions to legal proceedings and regulatory response.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which service do we need?

If you want to find weaknesses before an attacker does, start with a vulnerability assessment or penetration test. If something has already happened, digital forensics and incident response will establish what took place. If cryptocurrency has been stolen or misused, a Web3 investigation will trace where it went. We recommend the right service at the initial consultation.

What is the difference between a vulnerability assessment and a penetration test?

A vulnerability assessment identifies the weaknesses in your systems and ranks them by risk. A penetration test goes a step further and tests selected weaknesses under controlled conditions, so you know which ones are a real risk and how far an attacker could get.

Will testing disrupt our systems?

No. Anything that could reasonably cause downtime is excluded, testing windows are agreed with you, and if a system shows any sign of strain, we stop and let you know.

Absolutely. We trace transactions across blockchains, investigate NFT and DeFi scams, audit smart contracts, and analyse compromised wallets or exchanges. We also monitor the dark web for related threats.

Are your investigations legally compliant and confidential?

Yes. All work is carried out within the law of each jurisdiction involved, and your data and business information remain confidential throughout.

Can I customise an investigation to suit my organisation’s needs?

Yes. Every investigation is tailored, whether you’re responding to an incident, assessing risk pre-transaction, or conducting due diligence on a blockchain project.

What happens during a digital forensics investigation?

We collect and preserve evidence from the systems, devices and accounts involved, analyse it to establish what happened and how, and set out our findings in a report. Chain of custody is maintained throughout, so the evidence can be relied on in legal proceedings.

How long does a cyber investigation take?

Yes. Our reports are suitable for litigation, regulatory proceedings and law enforcement referrals, and we regularly work alongside legal counsel during incident response and internal investigations.

Yes. We provide evidential reporting suitable for use in litigation, regulatory proceedings, or law enforcement referrals, and we often work alongside legal counsel during incident response or internal investigations.

Who delivers your cyber security services?

Futurum Risk works through two arms. Our investigations and intelligence arm carries out due diligence, investigations and screening. Our training, consultancy and cyber security arm delivers security testing, digital forensics and cryptocurrency investigations.

What industries do you support?

We work across finance, legal, technology, manufacturing, healthcare, energy, and emerging Web3 markets,  tailoring our expertise to the needs of each sector.

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