Tag: Computer
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Talk to a Computer Forensics Consultant to Secure Your Retired Hardware
So you have IT working on securing the servers and other security protocol. Maybe you should check on what happens with “broken” and replaced hardware. You might be interested to know that a vast majority of computers and electronic equipment (even phones) that are donated to charity or sent to a recycling center still have…
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Computer Forensics Investigations Uncover Evidence of Industrial Espionage
Corporate espionage is not limited to the development of products and top secret patents. Oh, no, any industry where there is competition, there is the potential for the need for experts in digital forensics. Even in an industry you might not suspect – the hotel and hospitality world. Starwood Hotels & Resorts accused Hilton of…
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Is the Potential of a Computer Forensic Examination Part of Your Computer Usage Policy?
Employers hire people with the best of intentions. They hope the new employees will become loyal and exemplary representatives of the organization. But sometimes it just doesn’t work out that way. Take for instance the case of a middle school teacher in Downers Grove, Illinois. According to a Chicago Tribune article, the teacher has resigned…
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Computer Forensic Investigations are Best Left to the Professionals
A DIY approach to computer forensics opens up an unwanted can of worms – especially if evidence and factual data is found or recovered from the computer. With computers being the primary tool used by employees in the vast majority of industries and firms, evidence of wrong-doing is often on the machines once the employee…
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Keeping Track of Employees with Computer Forensics? You Betcha!
Employers don’t often think they really need the help of a computer forensics consultant or a computer investigation in the normal course of business. However, when something just doesn’t seem “right” it pays to listen to your gut carefully. Case in point is a story recently reported by NPR. What began as a hint that…
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Computer Forensic Investigation Uncovers Retailers Monitoring More Than Rental Due Dates
Apparently if you rent a computer from some retailers, you may be getting (or giving away) much more than you thought in the bargain. As computer forensics investigators, we are always watching for information about how bad guys can get into people’s lives on the sly. With computers the security loopholes are everywhere. So this…
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Spyware That Lets Someone Get Up Close and Personal is Why You May Need Computer Forensic Services
What you may consider a quiet afternoon sipping a latte at the coffee shop and catching up with all your Facebook friends and email may be the quiet before the storm. The storm may end up with a computer forensics specialist performing digital forensics on your computer. After reading 10 Computer Threats You Didn’t Know…
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Mainstream Media is Reporting about Spyware and Computer Forensic Analysis
Oh yes, it is a small world – especially when you connect the dots on the Internet. Bloomberg writer Vernon Silver illuminated what happens when spyware is installed on a person’s computer. It’s done so quickly and almost without notice that the victim doesn’t realize until later that they have become a victim. Computer forensics…
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The Need for Computer Forensics Investigations is Growing
After the hustle bustle of the holiday season, most of us are ready to get back into our regular routines. However, I just read an article by Matt Gephardt at KUTV.com in Utah that there is actually a bump up in computer malware infections after the holidays – up to a 30% increase! That means…
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Computer Forensics Foils Robbers
Have you heard the complaint that computers are de-personalizing interactions in the world? I do know it is easier to hide an identity behind a computer, but that doesn’t take the human out of the equation, that’s for certain. Nor does it prevent the truth to be revealed through computer forensic investigation and computer forensic…