Computer Forensics

Digital Evidence and Internet Profiling Services for Criminal Prosecution - Civil Litigation Support - Defense

Using sound and proven forensics procedures, we are able to recover, examine and analyze data stored on any digital media device to find evidence of:

Computer crimes and misuse
Fraud, forgery and counterfeiting
Product piracy and grey trading (unlicensed software, video's & music)
Intellectual Property theft
Corporate fraud & embezzlement
Hostile defections
Contractual disputes
Internet and electronic mail misuse
Malicious information leaks
Industrial espionage
Sabotage, blackmail and extortion
Sexual harassment
Wrongful termination
Adult and Child Pornography
Instant messaging histories (msn, yahoo, ICQ, MySpace, Skype, AOL, Google)
Marital infidelity (chat logs, internet history, email, text messages)
Spouse or children’s online activity

Forensic Services

Computer Forensics

Recovery, examination and analysis of digital evidence from desktop computers, laptops, servers, thumb drives, cd/dvd, digital surveillance cameras, etc..
Install Covert monitoring programs for parents to keep track of spouse or child’s online activity.

Internet Profiling

Internet search for activity in chat rooms, social networking sites, news media outlets not readily accessible.
LinkedIn, MySpace, YouTube, Discussion/News Forums, etc..
Online Auction transactions, including craigslist and eBay
Determine website ownership
Preserve copy of website for evidence

Decryption / Password Cracking

Remove or Recover Password(s) from Protected files or Folders.
Remove or Recover Password(s) from programs such as QuickBooks, Quicken, MYOB, Databases, MS office and Adobe PDF documents.

Email Tracing

Discovery of E-Mail Originator
Tracing of E-Mail to Its Source
Discovery of Internet Service Provider
Tracing of "anonymous" E-Mails such as Hotmail, Yahoo, MSN, etc.

Our Forensic Process Includes

Adherence to strict chain-of custody-protocols for proper evidence handling.

Acquire digital evidence through forensic imaging of hard drives, from laptops, desktops, file servers or email servers. And from independent media, such as CDs, DVDs, Zip disks, backup tapes, thumb drives, camera cards or mobile phone.

Creation of working copies of media while preserving all evidentiary copies in secure storage.

Recovery of deleted materials, including erased files, folders, partitions and email messages. Conversion of file fragments, file slack, and unallocated disk space into searchable files.

Decryption of encrypted or password protected files & folders including: MS office documents, financial software (Quicken or
QuickBooks), vista bitlocker, PDF, RAR, ZIP, and PGP.

Reconstruction of timelines, authorship, and chain of editing activity for computer-prepared documents.

Reconstruction and analysis of databases or other business records acquired by imaging or as produced by opposing parties in not-so-readable raw computer formats.

Analysis of relevant files and creation of searchable directories and media (e.g., DVD / CDs).

Use of industry standard forensics tools including Access Data's Forensics Tool Kit 2.1 (FTK 2.1).

Examination of Computer Forensics work by opposing experts, to test for correctness of procedure, integrity of protocol, and soundness of findings.

Written reports, declarations of findings and conclusions.

Testimony in support of analysis performed and opinions reached.

Evidence & Data can be recovered from

Hard Drives:
ATA/IDE/ATAPI, SCSI, SATA, USB, personal computers, notebooks, internal and external drives.

Servers:
RAID arrays, NAS, SAN, DAS, etc.

Tapes Backup:
DLT/DLTape, LTO Ultrium, DAT/DDS, Travan, QIC, Ditto.

Database and Application Recovery:
SQL Server, Oracle, Access, dbase, FoxPro, MySQL, MS Office, Exchange, Outlook, Eudora, MS Mail.

Removable Media:
CompactFlash/Smart Media, USB keychain drives, flash media, CDs/DVDs, floppy discs, ZIP, Jaz, Orb, etc.

Other Electronic Devices:
MP3 players, DVR/PVR, PDAs, cell phones, game consoles, home media servers, handheld portables, video recorders, automotive.

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