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 January 19th, 2012 by lhaas
We’ve been preaching for years that organizations needs to take a more proactive approach to their security. Services, such as our liveForensics, add additional layers of security to protect against such breaches.
Unfortunately, the Postbank’s fraud detection system hasn’t performed as it should, and the crime was discovered only after everyone returned to [...]
October 25th, 2011 by lhaas
What sets viaForensics apart from other security organizations? Our proactive forensic approach, that’s what.
Andrew Hoog would certainly agree with the need for including forensics in daily operational activities. The CIO for Chicago-based viaForensics says his firm provides a unique way for companies to safeguard against mobile app threats and other nefarious cyber-attacks.
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September 30th, 2011 by lhaas
We have to do something that actually works, as opposed to accepting a security circus in the form of virus or malware scanners and other mathematically proven insufficient and inefficient efforts. We are approaching the point where people and organizations are falling back to pen and paper for keeping important secrets, because they [...]
September 28th, 2011 by lhaas
Andrew Hoog says old first aid answers to cyber warfare need to be replaced with agressive, pro-active forensics.
In this brief article, Andrew stresses the need for proactive security, something that viaForensics has been working on for several years. We have taken our expertise in computer forensics and applied that to security. Our [...]
September 13th, 2011 by lhaas
Many thanks to Christopher Vance for is glowing review of viaExtract on the Cellular.Sherlock blog. We’re blushing. As for the minor criticisms — we’re working on it!
The use of the tool is extremely simple and straightforward. Simply pop the device’s MicroSD card and replace it with your own. At this point the tool will place the needed [...]
September 12th, 2011 by lhaas
A medical privacy breach led to the public posting on a commercial Web site of data for 20,000 emergency room patients at Stanford Hospital in Palo Alto, Calif., including names and diagnosis codes, the hospital has confirmed. The information stayed online for nearly a year.
via Patient Data Posted Online in Major Breach of [...]
August 31st, 2011 by lhaas
viaForensics’ Andrew Hoog participated in a panel discussion: Cybersecurity in the Age of Mobility. Listen to the experts discuss new threats and vulnerabilities for cybersecurity created by mobility and how to promote technological innovation while also providing reasonable protections for management, storage, and transmission of business and consumer data.
August 22nd, 2011 by lhaas
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Andrew Hoog Chief Investigative Officer viaForensics Phone: +1 312-878-1100 http://viaforensics.com/contact-us
Mobile forensics training sessions offered by viaForensics
viaForensics will hold five mobile forensics training sessions in Mississauga, Ontario, this October.
Chicago, August 22, 2011 – viaForensics will hold five mobile forensics training sessions covering Linux use in forensics, iPhone [...]
August 5th, 2011 by lhaas
Andrew Hoog and Katie Strzempka of viaForensics, who have both authored books on mobile forensics — one on iPhone forensics, the other on Android forensics — are in a friendly competition to see which book sells more. Give one of them your vote by ordering a book!
Android Forensics: Investigation, Analysis and Mobile [...]
July 28th, 2011 by lhaas
With an eye toward helping tomorrow’s data-deluged organizations, IBM researchers have created a super-fast storage system capable of scanning in 10 billion files in 43 minutes.
This system handily bested their previous system, demonstrated at Supercomputing 2007, which scanned 1 billion files in three hours.
Key to the increased performance was the [...]
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