Business Email Compromise Scam: What Is It and How To Guard Against It

The Business Email Compromise (or BEC) scam has been around for many years and seems to be enjoying a resurgence in popularity lately.  At its essence, the BEC scam involves ...

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ESI Collections

ESI Collections In a previous post, we set out a general road map for handling the intake of a new ESI (Electronically Stored Information) matter.  Frankly, what new matter does ...

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Cell Phones and Mobile Device ESI Collection

The days of limiting an ESI collection to computers, email and server data are long behind us in the world of computer forensics and e-discovery.  Chances are very good that ...

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Social Media Account Collection

We all know one.  One person who posts every mundane event in his or her life in excruciating detail on Facebook or Instagram.  Don’t we all need to see 32 ...

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Classic Software Tools

As I sit each day gazing into multiple computer monitors, working on various computer forensics or ediscovery projects, it occurs to me that, despite having lots of advanced forensic software ...

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Computer Forensics – One for the “win” column (v1)

Recently, Peak was asked to assist a law firm who’s client, a large service provider (we will call them “Company A”), had had an account manager leave abruptly and go ...

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Apple Time Machine as a Discoverable Data Source in Forensics and Ediscovery

For years, parties to litigation have been demanding the production of data from various electronic sources. These sources have included desktop computers, laptops, servers, emails, and, most recently, mobile devices ...

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