by Steve Burgess | Aug 8, 2018 | Uncategorized
Fitbit, Fun, Forensics, and Foes by Steve Burgess, 2018 Have you tracked your 10,000 steps today? Has anyone else tracked them? Fitness trackers are big business, helping people get and stay fit, and helping them share their progress with friends – and sometimes...
by Steve Burgess | Aug 7, 2017 | CSI, Forensic stories, Humor, Uncategorized
Not everything always works out in Forensicland. Sometimes we strike out. In more ways than one. I was gazing out the tall windows of my office at the blue, blue Santa Barbara sky, with nary a cloud in sight. It was my 50-something birthday. The bills were ignored. It...
by Steve Burgess | Aug 6, 2017 | Uncategorized
Multi-factor authentication (MFA) makes it much harder for a hacker to get access to your online stuff, and the most common form of consumer MFA is two-factor authentication (2FA). A very common form of 2FA is the debit card. One factor is the card itself, which...
by Steve Burgess | Aug 1, 2017 | Uncategorized
How to Avoid Being Hacked, Part 1 – Email Hacking is a common occurrence these days, but it’s good to know that hacking targeting you specifically because of who you are is far less common than scattershot hacking. Additionally, taking advantage of your online...
by Steve Burgess | Feb 22, 2016 | Uncategorized
In the very early 80’s, IBM introduced the IBM PC, progenitor of most modern personal computers. That same year, undoubtedly, the first PC hard disk failed and someone was screaming about their data and cursing IBM. Shortly after that, we started the data...
