Cyber Forensics in the News and Blogs

This has become a serious threat and will define 2019 for sure. Already seen it in 5 separate cyber forensics examinations and investigations: I have been conducting cyber forensics since 1996 and each year the trends set by hackers are [...]

What is cellular triangulation, and is it as critical as it sounds? Well, essentially it is the examination of call detail records (CDRs) and geo-location artifacts. This evidence is vital to criminal investigations and legal proceedings; whether you are prosecuting [...]

It appears that politics has once again ended up right in the middle of our inalienable rights as U.S. voters. Homeland Security just broke the latest news that yes, we did have intrusion of voter registration in a handful of 21 [...]

The fact that a ubiquitous Internet could spark a 15-year power struggle between the government, public citizens and corporate America is a bit of a shock. ‘We the people’ know that freedom comes with guidelines. What was unexpected is that [...]

This year’s Worldwide Threat Assessment (published annually by the office of the Director of National Intelligence) begins its 32 pages addressing the subject of how our country is dealing with cyber threats. Director Daniel R. Coats immediately claims that discussing [...]

Finding a straight line to walk between the daily news and political opinions about North Korea cyber attacks can be a daunting task. With the very visible level of contention on the rise between Kim Jong-un and the U.S., should [...]

What’s the problem? After all, it’s common knowledge that Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner have both been using their private email accounts (owned by their family business) while operating as advisors in the White House. Though personal server email use [...]

Last Thursday night, MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow picked up and ran with Politico's 10/5/17 headline news, addressing West Wing use of personal mobile devices; ensuring it was ‘seen and heard’ around the globe. Maddow’s investigative broadcast is known for connecting the [...]

Forensic testimony is given by an expert witness using their expertise in science or technology to reach conclusions for a lawsuit or prosecution. Simply put, forensics is the science of proving or disproving a theory, but common expert witness mistakes [...]

The collection of mobile devices in civil cases vs criminal may differ for several reasons. The primary difference is after a mobile device has been imaged or the data extracted, it is returned to a state of usage.  In criminal [...]