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Why you nearly need a P.I. to help you hire a private investigator

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2008-03-01 20:28:00 by John Sexton in The Bullet Proof Blog
...investigator to help you catch your cheating spouse, or to work undercover in your business to find out who has been stealing or to follow the employee who is claiming workmans comp, but youve heard he plays golf every weekend. What are you to do The first thing I would tell you is NOT to go to the yellow pages and pick out 5 phone...
 
Tags: local, professional associations local, local security company, company, illegal company, choose company, exspensive company, guards company, security company
 
 
 
 
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What should done about employees stealing in the workplace?

2008-02-21 05:25:00 by John Sexton in The Bullet Proof Blog
 
...investigator with the training, skills, experience and license to deal with the matter A carefully chosen private security firm will be able to sit down and advise them on their options. After the initial meeting they should have a good idea of: 1) the costs involved, 2) the time it will take to resolve the matter and 3) how best to deal...
 
Tags: business owner, local business owner, owner, truck, company truck, company, investigation company, investigator video taped, investigator
 
 
 
 
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Passport Fraud

2008-01-08 13:59:13 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...investigator was able to purchase several entirely new identities from organized criminal networks with access to corrupt government employees. The investigator obtained passports from Spain, Peru, and Venezuela and used the Peruvian and Venezuelan passports to travel widely in the Western Hemisphere, with practically no scrutiny
 
Tags: passports, fraudulent passports, genuine passports, venezuelan passports, investigator, corrupt government employees, undercover investigator, passport fraud worldwide, travel widely
 
 
 
 
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Corporate Spying

2008-01-16 12:21:41 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...investigators. One such ploy is pretexting -- obtaining information by pretending to be somebody else. While private detectives have long posed as freelance reporters or job recruiters to get people to talk, former agents have elevated pretexting to an art Similarly, ex-agents have helped popularize the use of G.P.S.-based monitoring devices...
 
Tags: agents, intelligence agents, wal-mart, off-duty police officers, officers, wal-mart employee fired, cell-phone calls, phone calls, obtain
 
 
 
 
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Unauthorized access to the Stryker Corporation VPN

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2008-04-17 12:45:57 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...investigator to determine the scope of the breach and the identity of the unauthorized user Evan] The identity of the unauthorized user is "administrator" (or something similar), right? In a way yes, but this isn't what they mean The investigation revealed that the unauthorized user accessed several Stryker servers and applications One of...
 
Tags: stryker, stryker corporation, stryker suspects, stryker immediately, immediately, stryker intends, stryker servers, servers, evan user
 
 
 
 
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Microsoft Has Developed Windows Forensic Analysis Tool for Police

2008-04-30 13:54:37 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...investigator can scan for evidence on site More news here . Commentary here How long before this device is in the hands of the hacker community? Days? Months? They had it before it was released EDITED TO ADD (4/30): Seems that these are not Microsoft-developed tools : COFEE, according to forensic folk who have used it, is simply a suite of...
 
Tags: microsoft, tool, tools, investigative tools, microsoft simply, off-the-shelf forensic tools, device, tool separately, usb device
 
 
 
 
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ARCO gas pumps targeted by fraudsters

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2007-12-27 13:58:30 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...Investigator Victor Hernandez told the San Gabriel Valley Tribune there could be as many as 100 victims The reported monetary losses had also jumped from $10,000 to $30,000 - and Glick said that number could reach $100,000 once all of the cases are investigated No illegal devices have been found at the gas station, but authorities say the...
 
Tags: arco gas pumps, pumps, gas pumps, arco, gas stations, arco gas stations, card, debit card identification, creditdebit card data
 
 
 
 
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Donor personal information was on Lifeblood stolen laptop

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2008-02-14 10:17:22 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...investigator's been working this case. But with no solid leads, they've now teamed up with Memphis Police We're concerned it may be a former employee. Or someone else who had access to building at the time," said Dr. Scott Evan] Someone did have access or the laptops wouldn't be stolen The worry now though is that this breach will...
 
Tags: mobile blood collection, blood, personal information, memorial blood centers, blood saves lives, blood type, lifebloods blood donors, lifeblood, information
 
 
 
 
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Fun Reading from Mike R

2008-02-19 17:59:00 by Dr Anton Chuvakin in Anton Chuvakin Blog -
 
...investigators " discusses why "logs are the investigator's best friend" and reminds to enable logging on databases Understanding where SIM ends and log management begins " talks about SIM being one application on top of a log management platform About me: http://www.chuvakin.org
 
Tags: log management begins, log management platform, sim, forensics mindset, life easier, mike rothman, fun pieces, compliance remains, audit revolution
 
 
 
 
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The forensics mindset: Making life easier for investigators

2008-02-20 09:38:06 by Mike Rothman in WhatIs: Enterprise IT tips and expert advice
 
Eventually every enterprise suffers an incident, and a little preparation now can make all the difference when an event occurs. In this tip, contributor Mike Rothman explains why thinking like an investigator can help security pros develop a successful incident response plan that can ultimately help to bring malicious hackers to justice