Law firm loses all data to Cryptolocker
/A law firm was hit with the randomware, Cryptolocker, and lost all of their client data .
Read MoreBeware of CryptoLocker
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A new, dangerous, form of malware was released into the wild: CryptoLocker. In the past, most malware or viruses were more annoying than dangerous. They changed your default search engine, the caused pop-ups, they changed system settings – but you were usually able to recover from a virus attack. CryptoLocker is different and very dangerous.
Read MoreEmail Evidence Part 4 – The Physical Address
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Having followed the steps in Parts 1, 2, and 3 of this series, you have now traced an email back to a physical address. The investigation is almost complete. This post explores the final steps in tracing the email to a particular sender.
Read MoreEmail Evidence – Part 3 – Tracing the IP Address
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You are now armed with the header information from an email and have located the originating IP address along with the date and time stamp from the header. You have taken that IP address over to a site like Whois.net to find out the owner of the IP address. Now what do you do?
Read MoreEmail Evidence – Part 2 – IP Addresses
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IP Addresses are the key to tracing e-mails. But, what is an IP Address? This blog post provides the basics for understanding how IP Addresses work.
Read MoreEmail Evidence - Part 1
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Email evidence is everywhere…but can we trust it? These blog posts explore how to identify the true sender of an email.
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