Was School Counselor Deliberately Indifferent? BACKGROUND SCENARIO After weeks of receiving mean and threatening Snapchat messages from fellow students, a seventh-grader (we’ll call her Maggie) finally went to her school counselor for help. Maggie showed her counselor some of the...
4Discovery is looking to add an individual to our digital forensic and incident response team in Chicago. Our ideal candidate for this position will have a basic understanding of digital forensic principles, incident response methodologies, and best practices. Knowledge of...
Think Snapchat photos disappear immediately? Not necessarily. A TRAGIC STORY FROM AN ACTUAL 4DISCOVERY CASE STUDY A young driver cruising down the highway apparently did not see a truck backing out of a driveway onto the roadway in front of...
Join 4Discovery, Bellas & Wachowski, and Gasperini Insurance Agency, Inc. for a LIVE WEBCAST as they address the important and growing business risks of cybercrime and ransomware. RANSOMWARE AND CYBER CRIME: IS YOUR BUSINESS PREPARED FOR AN ATTACK? WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 23, 2017,...
Baker McKenzie Survey Exposes Board-Level Risks that Companies are NOT Prepared For[1] The scenario Your client’s IT Director tells his boss that he has observed suspicious behavior on the company’s network. It seems a senior software code designer for the...
Lazarus, Crysis/Dharma, and WannaCry. There were an estimated 638 million ransomware events in 2016, and these attacks are becoming more sophisticated frequent, and effective. Ransomware payments topped $1 billion last year. If ransomware can effectively shut down one of the world’s largest...
The insurance company asked Jim to send them a photo of the “stolen” watch and Jim complied. The photo, taken with a Samsung smartphone by one of Jim’s friends, showed a smiling Jim wearing the beautiful flashy Rolex. Nice watch, Jim. So...
Recent Ransomware Events Highlight Risks & Your Cyber Insurance Policy May Not Cover Losses The WannaCry incident has created a unique opportunity to examine the potential catastrophic impact of ransomware on businesses, and in particular, business interruption considerations. The following scenario is...