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Ride the Lightning: Electronic Evidence

An electronic evidence and computer forensics blog by noted author, lecturer and consultant Sharon Nelson.

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Last Entry: May 20, 2013 at 10:00:00

How Digital Forensics Aids In the Investigation of Employee Data Theft

Posted on May 20, 2013
Law.com published an article last week entitled "Using Computer Forensics to Investigate IP Theft." I read it with great interest since this comprises about 25% of our digital forensics work at Sensei. Some time ago, I recall reading a report...

EDRM'S Enron PST Data Set Cleansed of Personal Information

Posted on May 16, 2013
Yesterday, I received a press release from Nuix (and a similar release was sent out by EDRM) saying that Nuix and EDRM had republished the EDRM Enron PST Data Set after cleansing it of private, health and personal financial information....

Logik Offers Innovative Cloud E-Discovery Pricing

Posted on May 15, 2013
One thing I've always admired Logik for is its creativity. On May 13th, Logik announced a new Logikcull.com subscription service available to law firms and corporations in need of predictable document discovery. With subscriptions starting at just $895/month, Logik predicts...

Justice Department Spied on AP Reporters' Phone Calls

Posted on May 14, 2013
This certainly was a potboiler story on all the networks and throughout the Internet yesterday. Though the dust is settling on the facts and there is probably a lot we don't yet know, it appears that the Department of Justice...

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Apple Has a Waiting List for Police Requesting Decryption of iPhones

Posted on May 13, 2013
CNET reported on Friday that Apple receives so many police demands to decrypt seized iPhones that it has created a "waiting list" to handle the flood of requests. The length of the waiting list is unknown, but it looks as...

FBI Agent Shoots Wife, Calls 911: Authorities Respond 2000 Miles Away

Posted on May 08, 2013
Our electronic world causes all kinds of mishaps. You may have read a story about the FBI agent in Virginia who fatally shot his estranged wife several times last month. While the case had many peculiarities, the one that intrigued...

Amazon Web Services Takes Down Enron Email Data Set

Posted on May 07, 2013
If you've been watching the last two RTL posts, you are aware of the personally identifiable information (PII) that is contained in the Enron Email Data Set. Responding to a report from BeyondRecognition's CEO John Martin, Amazon Web Services wrote...

Roundup of Thoughts on the Enron Data Set PII

Posted on May 06, 2013
There was a lot of discussion, private and public, after I covered last week's announcement by BeyondRecognition's CEO John Martin that he had discovered a lot of personally identifiable information in the Enron dataset. Monica Bay penned a nice roundup...

Wow. EDRM/FERC/Enron Data Privacy Breaches

Posted on May 02, 2013
It is a startling revelation when you learn that a dataset that has been public for years and contains over 7,500 instances of unredacted social security numbers, credit card numbers, dates of birth, home addresses and phone numbers. But that...

Guilty Plea in Pittsburgh Law Firm Breach

Posted on May 01, 2013
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported on April 29th that Matthew James West, 21, had pled guilty to helping Alyson Cunningham and her husband Jonathan Cunningham access the computers of a law firm. The firm was identified only as VG, but as...

State-sponsored Cyberattacks Ramping Up (Verizon Data Breach Report)

Posted on April 30, 2013
Sadly, it comes as no surprise that state-sponsored cyberattacks are on the rise and now constitute 19% of cyberattacks. Verizon's 2013 Data Breach Report is based on 19 global businesses, their attacks, forensics and reporting agencies. The report highlights 47,000...

Digital Detectives Podcast Released: Scary Tech from ABA TECHSHOW

Posted on April 29, 2013
Legal Talk Network has released our latest edition of Digital Detectives, highlighting the scary technology we saw and talked about at ABA TECHSHOW. Our guest is legal technologist Ben Schorr, a frequent TECHSHOW speaker and the CEO of RolandSchorr. Always...

How Long Do Cell Phone Companies Hold Data?

Posted on April 25, 2013
Courtesy of the ACLU and Dave Ries, here is a chart to guide you as to data retention by cell phone companies. Short post, but lots of interesting information in the link. Note that in some instances, the data is...

DLA Piper Settles Overbilling (Churn That Bill, Baby!) Lawsuit

Posted on April 24, 2013
The New York Times reported recently that DLA Piper had settled an ugly fee dispute with client Adam Victor, an energy industry executive. The case highlighted lawyers? e-mails that discussed overbilling the client, using the phrase ?churn that bill, baby!?...

Rock Solid: Will Digital Forensics Crack SSDs?

Posted on April 23, 2013
Thanks to Ryan Fahey of InfoSec Institute for his summary below of an excellent article he authored. New and evolving technologies also create new challenges for the investigator. Working with a new file system or even just a new type...

Boston Bombers: Video Surveillance and the "Smart City"

Posted on April 22, 2013
No one who followed the Boston Bombers story could fail to notice the use of videos during the investigation. But pull the curtain aside and there's a lot of technology coming at us that cuts both ways - a boon...

How Big Data is Helping in the Boston Marathon Bombing Investigation

Posted on April 18, 2013
As much as I shudder at the privacy implications of Big Data, the assistance of Big Data in investigations like the Boston bombing is wonderful. Using all the video recordings taken from stationary cameras in the area of the bombings,...

Digital Forensics and the Boston Bomb Probe

Posted on April 16, 2013
It was only on April 6th that we gave a plenary presentation at ABA TECHSHOW on the digital forensics work of the Boston Police Department in the Craigslist Killer case. Now, the same police department, once again with help from...

What Happens to Your Google Digital Property When You Die?

Posted on April 15, 2013
To its credit, Google has debuted the Google Inactive Account Manager, designed as a sort of digital will. It is humorous that the acronym is IAM since it is designed to function when you are not. The Google geniuses may...

Law Firm Falls Victim to Phishing Scam, Sued by Bank

Posted on April 11, 2013
It continues to amaze me how law firms fall for phishing scams, sometimes believing that they might have a potential client and sometimes, as here, clicking where they shouldn't click. The latest law firm is Wallace & Pittman PLLC in...

The Honeynet Project: Watch Cyberattacks in Real Time

Posted on April 10, 2013
Those in the cybersecurity field will know The Honeynet Project, but many of my readers will not. The Honeynet Project is an international 501c3 non-profit security research organization, dedicated to investigating the latest cyberattacks and developing open source security tools...

ABA TECHSHOW: Worldox for Mac and Web Preserver

Posted on April 09, 2013
One of our great joys is rambling around the ABA TECHSHOW Expo Hall, seeing old friends and keeping up with new developments. Here are two products we especially liked. We visited with our friends at Reed Technology. We like their...

ABA TECHSHOW: Scary Pineapples, SpoofCards and a Serial Killer

Posted on April 08, 2013
We'll talk about other folks tomorrow, but here are some our favorite moments from our sessions at ABA TECHSHOW: One segment we had to love was John?s demonstration of the Pineapple Mark IV, a device which pretends to be wireless...

Federal Judge Will Rule on FBI's Use of "Stingray" Phone Surveillance

Posted on April 04, 2013
The Federal Bureau of Investigation's use of a controversial cell phone tracking device is being scrutinized by an Arizona federal court. Daniel Rigmaiden, a California man accused of identity theft and tax fraud, was arrested in 2008. Advocacy groups learned...

Security Reporter Victim of Phone "Swatting" - SWAT Team Descends on Home

Posted on April 03, 2013
Hat tip to Dave Ries. ars technica recently reported on a chilling incident that happened in Northern Virginia. Brian Krebs is something of a legend among security reporters. His expos�s completely closed a California hosting company that was friendly to...

Law Firms Tout Their Cybersecurity Expertise

Posted on April 02, 2013
An interesting trend is developing. Some corporate clients are hiring law firms when they experience a data breach, as noted in a Wall Street Journal article on March 31st. The link is only available to subscribers. I'm not particularly thrilled...

ABA TECHSHOW: Where to Find Us

Posted on April 01, 2013
The problem with TECHSHOW is that it is a whirl of activity which always seems to be over right after it starts. A number of readers have asked where they can catch up with us at TECHSHOW, so here are...

1st Stage Play in Tysons Corner Examines the Leopold and Loeb Trial

Posted on March 29, 2013
Let's go back to a time before we were all immersed in electronics. A well-known lawyer and former judge both encouraged me to help publicize this terrific play - happy to spread the word! March 29, 2013 --- 1st Stage,...

Logikcull: Booth #808 at TECHSHOW: EDD People and a Product You'll Like

Posted on March 28, 2013
We like the folks at Logik - and we love their Logikcull product. Can you review documents on your iPad? Sure. It's easy with Logikcull. Go to their booth and play - you can swipe to cull, swipe to navigate...

Texas Proposes Bill to Allow Service of Process Via Social Media

Posted on March 27, 2013
Texas House Bill 1989, introduced on February 27, 2013, would allow service of process via social media. If enacted, Texas would only be the second state (Utah was the first) to permit this approach. The law would allow for electronic...

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