4Discovery, a digital forensics firm, is pleased to announce that Inc. magazine has included them in their ranking for the 5000 fastest-growing privately-owned companies in the United States for the second year in a row. Previous members of the Inc....
Chicago-based digital forensics firm 4Discovery announced that they have been selected as a vendor for the Illinois Public Higher Education Cooperative, “IPHEC”. The selection was awarded under solicitation IPHEC2110 to provide Incident Response, Security Assessment, & Digital Forensic Services for...
The Beer Store has been around for almost a century with origins dating back to 1927. It’s one of the largest beer distributors in Canada serving customers more than 800 beer brands, in over 450 retail stores, from 200 brewers...
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...
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...
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...
As a show of support for one of the Midwest’s leading information security industry groups, 4Discovery LLC has announced their sponsorship of the May meeting of the Midwest Cyber Security Alliance. This month’s topic: “Are you Prepared for a Ransomware or...
A Case Study A young student has had enough. After months of relentless and cruel cyberbullying and internet harassment, the girl, in a moment of despondency and depression, ends her life. In the unthinkably sad aftermath, parents, teachers, and loved...
Tax Season Creates a Spike in These Catastrophic Incidents The Background Your HR Director walks into your office: her face ashen, her voice trembling. Earlier that day, she received an email from the company CFO asking her to email all...