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Recover Deleted Text Messages

Recover Deleted Text Messages

Text messages can hold crucial evidence that can make or break a case, and the deletion of these messages can pose a significant challenge. But fear not, fellow professionals! This blog aims to educate on recovering deleted text messages, shedding light on the methods...

iCloud Forensics- Closing the Loop on iPhone Exams

iCloud Forensics- Closing the Loop on iPhone Exams

iCloud Forensics: Ignore at Your Own Risk As the use of cloud-based storage and services continues to grow, forensic analysis of cloud data has become critical, including for iCloud, Apple’s cloud storage service. With over a billion active Apple devices, iCloud’s...

Newly Discovered Evidence in Paltrow Case

Newly Discovered Evidence in Paltrow Case

In the Gwyneth Paltrow court case, the management and authentication of social media evidence was shown to be, um, challenging? From a computer forensics perspective, what a screw up. In fact, technical skills were not required to let the cat out of the bag here. The...

The Perfect Preservation Letter

The Perfect Preservation Letter

  One of my favorite things to read is Craig Ball's writings at Ball in Your Court. I have hit Craig up in the past as he has a unique perspective as an expert in computer forensics, e-Discovery and is a lawyer. He has been super helpful, and I can't recommend him...

Protecting Information Assets with Multi-factor Authentication

Protecting Information Assets with Multi-factor Authentication

The word is out: insurance companies pay ransoms to cyber criminals. There is no “we don’t negotiate with terrorists” line drawn in the sand. Cyber security is breached, cyber criminals take over mission critical data, and insurers pay out on their cyber insurance...

Phones and Sweeps

Phones and Sweeps

Do you really need to spend around $1000 on a cell phone exam?   Maybe! If you are planning on capturing evidence that could show up in court, then yeah . . . get an analyst who uses a professional tool (aka really expensive) like Cellebrite to acquire and preserve...