by Steve Burgess | Nov 9, 2015 | Uncategorized
Backup, backup, backups! If there’s one thing I’ve learned in 30 years and close to 20,000 data recoveries, it’s that everybody doesn’t back up their data sometimes. Nobody backs up their data all of the time, most people never back up their...
by Steve Burgess | Oct 26, 2015 | Uncategorized
I was taking a small midday break from my computer forensics lab to enjoy a few minutes of a sunny 75 degree June day in my Santa Barbara County office when I got the call from a Tino Zatara, Boston lawyer. He was sweating and it wasn’t just because Boston was...
by Steve Burgess | Oct 19, 2015 | Uncategorized
It was a balmy summer day in Marin County, back near the beginning of my computer forensics career. Back in the day – before we called it that – I had testified as an expert witness only a few times. My feet weren’t flat yet, my shoes not yet...
by Steve Burgess | Oct 12, 2015 | Uncategorized
Bitcoin is a virtual currency. It doesn’t exist in the kind of physical form that the currency & coin we’re used to exist in. It doesn’t even exist in a form as physical as Monopoly money. It’s electrons – not molecules. But consider how much cash you...
by Steve Burgess | Sep 28, 2015 | Uncategorized
By Jessica Riccio In part one, we defined private browsing and discussed its history. We covered places where various browsers store browsing history and the technical means through which each browser does so. In this part, we give the steps and results of my own...
by Steve Burgess | Sep 21, 2015 | Uncategorized
“Is the U.S. ready for cyber war?” leads an article in FCW Online. FCW, “the Business of Federal Technology” is an online magazine designed to provide Federal tech execs with the guidance and information it needs to do business with the Feds. As such, it is...