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Cybersecurity & Covid-19: Vulnerability and What to Do About It
Cybersecurity & Covid-19: Vulnerability and What to Do About It Steve Burgess, 2020 As if we didn’t have enough to worry about. With so many of us working from home (close to 90% of American corporations are encouraging or requiring employees to do so) and having...
Cyberbullying and Covid-19
Cyberbullying and Covid-19 We’ve all made fun of people sitting across the table from each other, looking at their phones and tablets instead of at the person right in front of them. Sometimes we talk to each other across the table though our phones! My wife and I...
Indian Summer Lovin’ – Tech Tips For a Warm Autumn
by Natalie Miller, 2019 With Indian Summer temperatures rising, here are some tips to help you make sure your devices are ready to conquer these warm days of Fall like you are. Check Those Pockets! Taking a dip in the pool, going for a paddle in a kayak, and jumping...
Electronic Waste and Recycling – What Your Old Devices Can Say About You
by Natalie Miller, 2019 With new models of phones and computers being released every year, wanting the latest and greatest is never a bad thing, but what about your old devices? The truth is that old devices can still hold all of the data you put on them or that they...
The Case of The Client Who Wanted … to be Wanted
The Case of The Client Who Wanted … to be Wanted copyright Steve Burgess, 2018 It was nearly Christmas, but the morning sun was pouring in through the windows of my Central Coast office, casting shoe-shaped shadows on the West side of my desk. Perhaps I should have...
Burgess Forensics Newsletter Vol. 5 Issue 1: FitBit Fun Forensics & Foes 08.08.2018
Fitbit, Fun, Forensics, and Foes 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 with strangers. The...
The Rise of Cybercrime and How to Prevent It
The Rise of Cybercrime and How to Prevent It (guest article contributed by Josh Wardini, of Webmastersjury.org) As people are leaning more and more towards the digital world, cybercrime is becoming an issue that cannot be ignored. Although many individuals and...
Fitbit, Fun, Forensics, and Foes
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 with...
The Case of the Deadbeat Beauty
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...
How to Avoid Being Hacked, Part 2 – Two-Factor Authentication
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...