Our storehouse for stories and lessons from past cases, conferences and research. Digital forensic analysis is an arms race - developers are constantly looking to improve the performance and user experience provided by their software, and can make whatever adjustments they want in the systems that make things happen. The stories below represent past victories and the lessons learned along the way, but we may not necessarily be able to replicate a past success if the techniques involved have been overtaken by advances in the industry. Give us a call, we’ll tell you about the current state of the art.
We are regularly brought in for situations when an executive hops from one company to another, and takes data with them on the way out the door. Sometimes we conduct the internal investigation which uncovers the data theft (politely called data exfiltration), other times we assist with the clean-up.
Here is a story which, I hope, will illustrate how messy these clean-ups can be.
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…we successfully broke into the encrypted storage container and recovered photo evidence of the spouse entering the home (contravening the retraining order) and retrieving the logs via USB stick.
The client loved us. The spying spouse, not so much.
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We were recently asked to collect data from a home security system.
Read MoreIn the closing scene of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, the titular duo is trapped in a farmhouse, surrounded by the Bolivian army and dreaming of far off Australia, where both banks and the armed forces are pushovers.
Our heroic duo’s hideout has only one door, no other apertures. This is a blessing and a curse: as they plot their escape, bullets can’t whiz through windows and cause chaos within. But their opponents can centre their focus on that single point of exit.
Read MoreIn today’s world, digital information is power. Sometimes you’re left guessing about how your opponent has got its digital information. The only way to make sure you’re not a victim of your opponent's power: always check your surroun
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