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McCann E-Investigations Houston Computer Forensics Announces New Rates for Data Storage
McCann E-Investigations (McCann EI) announces new rate plan and storage procedures to ensure security of client data. McCann will also provide evidence destruction services for clients who no longer wish to store their data or purchase hard drives.
McCann E-Investigations (McCann EI), a Texas-based computer forensics firm announced that it will offer new storage rates for all data collected in computer forensics investigations. Many of McCann EI’s clients have on-going cases which require storage of imaged data for future use. McCann will offer secure storage of client data at McCann EI’s state-of-the-art computer forensics lab for as low as $0.75 per gigabyte per month.
“Our technicians always work from copies made of the original data and the original drives are securely stored.” said Dan Weiss, Partner and Licensed Private Investigator at McCann E-Investigations. “Once the project is completed, we will now offer to store the copies of the data for future use.” continued Weiss.
McCann EI will retain the data for forty five (45) days following the final report related to such data. After the 45 days, the client can agree to storage of all of the data at $0.75 per gigabyte per month. McCann EI will also provide secure destruction of all data related to the case upon the client’s request. All hard drives will be permanently wiped and any case files will be securely disposed. It should be noted that the destruction of data and related case files is permanent, irreversible and irreparable. Should the case be re-opened, the data acquisition process would have to begin again at the normal rates.
After the 45 day retention period and absent other written agreement between McCann EI and the client, any data/equipment/media unclaimed or otherwise abandoned for a period in excess of thirty (30) days will be disposed of at McCann EI’s discretion. McCann EI will not be responsible for data/equipment/media left in its possession beyond such thirty (30) day period.
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McCann Investigators follow the trail and decipher the information regardless of whether the evidence is digital, such as electronically stored information found on computers, mobile phones or other devices or if the investigation requires traditional private investigative services. McCann’s PI tools and techniques include surveillance, undercover work and detailed record searches. The final product helps our clients gain a deeper understanding of what has happened or what is occurring. The gained clarity and discovery of truth allows our clients to quickly respond and recover.
McCann EI is based out of our state-of-the-art forensic labs in Houston, which provide the latest in computer forensic and IT security technology. Our e-investigators combine digital skills with traditional private investigative techniques to provide you with an one-stop solution for your investigative needs. Our lab houses our computer forensics and electronic discovery service along with our databases, surveillance technology, and undercover investigators. Our investigators are experienced in providing expert witness testimony, including computer forensic testimony, in courts across Texas. Although we are headquartered in Houston, our investigators live in and work in cities all across Texas.
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McCann E-Investigations Houston Computer Forensics Division Releases White Paper on Identity Theft Victims and the Use of Private Investigations
McCann E-Investigations (McCann EI) releases white paper which explores the complexities of identity theft investigations and focuses on the steps that a victim must take to assist law enforcement in the investigation.
McCann E-Investigations (McCann EI), a Texas-based private investigations and computer forensics firm released a white paper titled Victims of Identity Theft Should Consider Hiring a Private Investigator. Co-written by an 18 year veteran in law enforcement and a subject matter expert in private investigations and security, this paper explores the complexities of identity theft investigations and focuses on the steps that a victim must take to assist law enforcement in the investigation. Read More »
McCann E-Investigations Houston Computer Forensics Division Releases White Paper titled Catching the Cheater in the Online Affair, a Private Investigator’s View
McCann E-Investigations (McCann EI) releases white paper which explores the rise of the online affair that has coincided with the now common use of digital communication methods such as smart phones, computers, laptops, etc. Relationships that often start online with innocent thoughts and intentions more often than not develop into deep emotional attachments that significantly damage existing relationships. The online relationship can lead to physical infidelity with an initially virtual partner. Read More »
McCann E-Investigations Houston Computer Forensics Division Releases Follow Up Article – More Ways to Hide Digital Affairs
McCann E-Investigations (McCann EI) releases the next in a series of articles on infidelity; targeting family law. This article provides 10 more ways in which a cheating spouse may try to hide an illicit affair utilizing their iPhone.
McCann E-Investigations (McCann EI) Houston Computer Forensics Division announces publication of article – More Ways to Hide a Digital Affair . This article is the second in a series are articles that bring to light the different ways in which the digital evidence of an affair can be hidden. Mobile devices are often the key device used in communications between an unfaithful spouse or significant other. Read More »
McCann E-Investigations Houston Computer Forensics Division Releases Article – 25 Ways “Cheaters” Their Affair on an iPhone
McCann E-Investigations (McCann EI) releases the first in a series of articles on infidelity, targeting family law. This article provides 25 ways in which a cheating spouse may try to hide an illicit affair utilizing their iPhone.
McCann E-Investigations (McCann EI) Houston Computer Forensics Division announces publication of article – 25 Ways to Hide Your Cheating Ways on an iPhone. Mobile devices would be key in communications between an unfaithful spouse or significant other. Technology has created mobile devices that are essentially gateways information (internet) and communication (email, social media, texting, etc.). iPhones in particular are used by many consumers as their smartphone of choice. iPhones are in essence, hand-held computers computers – similar to a laptop or PC. As with all computers, digital evidence of infidelity is logged and stored. Even if the texts, pictures or emails were deleted, they are often recoverable with the right tools.
“Knowing the ways in which an affair can be hidden can be key in discovering the affair and catching the cheater red handed.” said Dan Weiss, Partner at McCann E-Investigations.”
The 25 ways in which to hide the digital evidence of an illicit affair are as follows:
- Create a new email account that is only used to communicate with their lover.
- Check their email communications with their lover through webmail and not iPhone email
- Doesn’t save or have their iPhone remember their password or email address / login name for their communications with their lover.
- Deleted links or “bookmark” to any webmail page used to communicate with their lover.
- Change their wireless phone bill to “paperless billing” to hide communications with their lover.
- Use 3rd party app for SMS / text messages so text does not show up on phone bill or online detail.
- Save name of lover as false name and gender, so calls to / from that person are less suspicious.
- Use 3rd party dialer like Skype or Google voice to make and receive phone calls so they will not show up on phone bill or online usage detail.
- If using iPhone email to send / receive email, they can go to Settings -> Mail -> Account to enable mail for their lover when they want to check it, then disable mail when they are done so that account won’t show up in their list of mail accounts or “All Inboxes”, but it will still retain their settings and emails.
- Disable location services to make it more difficult to be tracked. With location services enabled, certain web sites and apps can determine their location, and pictures they take on their iPhone will have the GPS coordinate information embedded in them which can show that they are not where they said they were.
- Clearing their map / GPS history and directions history for locations they are going to with or meeting their lover.
- Closing all web page tabs for web sites relating to their lover as soon as they are done with the page.
- Clearing their internet history and cache for web sites they visited for their lover.
- Clearing their call history for calls made to and from their lover as well as the calls made to the hotels, restaurants, travel agents, yacht rentals, etc.
- Clearing their text / SMS history with their lover. If their lover is their spouse’s best friend or other person that they would be expected to have casual contact with the iPhone lets they selectively delete specific text messages.
- Use their iPhone calendar to set up fake work-related or other non-suspicious appointments or meetings to give they an alibi to meet their lover
- Use one of the many iPhone apps like “Fake Caller” to simulate an incoming call from their boss or co-worker where they will need to meet they at the same location where their lover will happen to be
- Having their passcode set on their iPhone so if it falls into the wrong hands their phone will be locked and their information will be more secure.
- Having their passcode set to auto-lock after a specified time.
- Having their passcode “Erase Data” feature enabled which will erase their iPhone data if the wrong passcode is entered 10 times in a row.
- If they sync their iPhone to their computer or use iTunes to transfer music to their iPhone, they can encrypt the iPhone backups that iTunes creates.
- They can turn off the auto-preview for text messages, otherwise the content of the message or inappropriate pictures could show up on top of their passcode screen.
- Use iPhone apps like TigerText to delete texts.
- Purchase new phone used to secretly communicate with lover.
- They use a fake passcode app. The cheater tells the significant other the “fake” pass code which when entered, deletes all incriminating texts and other information.
About McCann EI:
www.einvestigations.com
Twitter: @McCannEI or https://twitter.com/#!/McCannEI
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/McCann-Investigations/203760582969139
Call us toll-free at 800-713-7670
About McCann EI: McCann EI’s Texas-based digital forensics team provides a one stop solution for your Electronically Stored Information (ESI) investigative needs. McCann EI’s computer forensics, digital forensics, mobile forensics, and electronic discovery investigators serve law firms, private industry, and government with the same dedication and expertise that has had clients turning to McCann for over 25 years.
Regardless whether your ESI is trapped in personal, corporate, mobile, or network drives, McCann EI’s computer forensics team is experienced in electronic discovery and recovering your digital files. Our investigators have the experience to provide expert witness computer forensic testimony in courts across Texas. McCann EI services Companies, Law Firms, and Individuals Statewide. Call us toll-free at 800-713-7670 or our Local Offices Austin Computer Forensics: 512-377-6142 Houston Computer Forensics: 832-628-4904 Dallas Computer Forensics: 214-329-9059 Lubbock Computer Forensics: 806-589-0320 Lufkin Computer Forensics: 936-585-4070 Brownsville Computer Forensics: 956-465-0849
San Antonio Computer Forensics Division of McCann E-Investigations Focuses on Digital Debugging
McCann E-Investigation’s (McCann EI) San Antonio Computer Forensics division expands digital debugging services to meet demand by utilizing industry’s leading tools.
McCann E-Investigations (McCann EI), a Texas-based computer forensics and private investigative firm expands its computer forensics capabilities to meet the digital debugging demands of their clients in San Antonio and the surrounding areas. “Continued expansion in our San Antonio market has facilitated the need to adopt the industry’s most respected digital debugging tools” said Dan Weiss, Partner at McCann E-Investigations. Digital intruders commonly replace system programs with custom versions of those programs that perform malicious operations, such as monitoring keystrokes or providing remote access to the attacker. These types of malware are often difficult and time consuming to detect. To make this process as efficient as possible McCann EI utilizes two of the industry’s most respected tools, the QualysGuard and Nessus Security Scanners, as well as proprietary software to identify and remediate security threats. “As the threat landscape evolves, so must the tools. We have found the QualysGuard and the Nessus solutions to be the most effective.” continued Weiss.
The QualysGuard scanner is driven by the most comprehensive and most up-to-date knowledgebase of vulnerability checks in the industry vulnerability. QualysGuard delivers continuous protection against the latest worms and security threats. In performing over 150 million system audits per year, QualysGuard is the widest deployed security on demand solution in the world. The Nessus Security Scanner detects and identifies the most malicious types of malware, such as spyware and keyloggers which can capture and transmit confidential session data. The Nessus Security Scanner allows performs sophisticated remote scans and audits of Unix, Windows, and network infrastructures.
About McCann EI:
http://www.einvestigations.com
About McCann EI: McCann EI’s Texas-based digital forensics team provides a one stop solution for Electronically Stored Information (ESI) investigative needs. McCann EI’s computer forensics, digital forensics, mobile forensics, and electronic discovery investigators serve law firms, private industry, and government with the same dedication and expertise that has had clients turning to McCann for over 25 years.
Regardless whether ESI is trapped in personal, corporate, mobile, or network drives, McCann EI’s computer forensics team is experienced in electronic discovery and recovering digital files. McCann E-Investigators provide expert witness computer forensic testimony in courts across Texas. McCann EI services Companies, Law Firms, and Individuals Statewide. Call them toll-free at 800-713-7670 or their Local Offices Austin Computer Forensics: 512-377-6142 Houston Computer Forensics: 832-628-4904 Dallas Computer Forensics: 214-329-9059 Lubbock Computer Forensics: 806-589-0320 Lufkin Computer Forensics: 936-585-4070 Brownsville Computer Forensics: 956-465-0849
Call toll-free at 800-713-7670
McCann E-Investigations Austin Computer Forensics Division Focuses on Digital Debugging
McCann E-Investigation’s (McCann EI) Austin Computer Forensics division expands digital debugging services to meet demand by utilizing – QualysGuard and Nessus Solutions
McCann E-Investigations (McCann EI), a Texas-based computer forensics and private investigative firm expands its computer forensics capabilities to meet the digital debugging demands of their clients in Austin and the surrounding areas. “Continued expansion in our Austin market has facilitated the need to adopt the industry’s most respected digital debugging tools” said Dan Weiss, Partner at McCann E-Investigations. Digital intruders commonly replace system programs with custom versions of those programs that perform malicious operations, such as monitoring keystrokes or providing remote access to the attacker. These types of malware are often difficult and time consuming to detect. To make this process as efficient as possible McCann EI utilizes two of the industry’s most respected tools, the QualysGuard and Nessus Security Scanners, as well as proprietary software to identify and remediate security threats. “As the threat landscape evolves, so must the tools. We have found the QualysGuard and the Nessus solutions to be the most effective.” continued Weiss.
The QualysGuard scanner is driven by the most comprehensive and most up-to-date knowledgebase of vulnerability checks in the industry vulnerability. QualysGuard delivers continuous protection against the latest worms and security threats. In performing over 150 million system audits per year, QualysGuard is the widest deployed security on demand solution in the world. The Nessus Security Scanner detects and identifies the most malicious types of malware, such as spyware and keyloggers which can capture and transmit confidential session data. The Nessus Security Scanner allows performs sophisticated remote scans and audits of Unix, Windows, and network infrastructures.
About McCann EI:
http://www.einvestigations.com
About McCann EI: McCann EI’s Texas-based digital forensics team provides a one stop solution for Electronically Stored Information (ESI) investigative needs. McCann EI’s computer forensics, digital forensics, mobile forensics, and electronic discovery investigators serve law firms, private industry, and government with the same dedication and expertise that has had clients turning to McCann for over 25 years.
Regardless whether ESI is trapped in personal, corporate, mobile, or network drives, McCann EI’s computer forensics team is experienced in electronic discovery and recovering digital files. McCann E-Investigators provide expert witness computer forensic testimony in courts across Texas. McCann EI services Companies, Law Firms, and Individuals Statewide. Call them toll-free at 800-713-7670 or their Local Offices Austin Computer Forensics: 512-377-6142 Houston Computer Forensics: 832-628-4904 Dallas Computer Forensics: 214-329-9059 Lubbock Computer Forensics: 806-589-0320 Lufkin Computer Forensics: 936-585-4070 Brownsville Computer Forensics: 956-465-0849
Call toll-free at 800-713-7670
Digital Debugging Capabilities at McCann E-Investigations Dallas Computer Forensics Division Expanded
McCann E-Investigation’s (McCann EI) Dallas Computer Forensics division has seen a significant increase in demand for digital debugging services. To meet this demand, McCann E-Investigations Dallas Computer Forensics employs the industry’s highly regarded tools – QualysGuard and Nessus Vulnerability Scanner.
McCann E-Investigations (McCann EI), a Texas-based computer forensics and private investigative firm expands its computer forensics capabilities to meet the digital debugging demands of their clients in Dallas and the surrounding areas. “Our Dallas market continues to experience remarkable growth in computer forensics with high demand in digital debugging services” said Dan Weiss, Partner at McCann E-Investigations. Digital intruders commonly replace system programs with custom versions of those programs that perform malicious operations, such as monitoring keystrokes or providing remote access to the attacker. These types of malware are often difficult and time consuming to detect. To make this process as efficient as possible McCann EI utilizes two of the industry’s most respected tools, the QualysGuard and Nessus Vulnerability Scanners, as well as proprietary software to identify and remediate security threats. “The tools we use must be able to mitigate the ever changing threat landscape. The QualysGuard and the Nessus Vulnerability Scanner meet those criteria and allow us to provide the most thorough and complete digital debugging services,” continued Weiss.
The QualysGuard scanner is driven by the most comprehensive and most up-to-date knowledgebase of vulnerability checks in the industry vulnerability. QualysGuard delivers continuous protection against the latest worms and security threats. In performing over 150 million system audits per year, QualysGuard is the widest deployed security on demand solution in the world. The Nessus Vulnerability Scanner detects and identifies the most malicious types of malware, such as spyware and keyloggers which can capture and transmit confidential session data. The Nessus Scanner allows performs sophisticated remote scans and audits of Unix, Windows, and network infrastructures.
About McCann EI:
http://www.einvestigations.com
About McCann EI: McCann EI’s Texas-based digital forensics team provides a one stop solution for Electronically Stored Information (ESI) investigative needs. McCann EI’s computer forensics, digital forensics, mobile forensics, and electronic discovery investigators serve law firms, private industry, and government with the same dedication and expertise that has had clients turning to McCann for over 25 years.
Regardless whether ESI is trapped in personal, corporate, mobile, or network drives, McCann EI’s computer forensics team is experienced in electronic discovery and recovering digital files. McCann E-Investigators provide expert witness computer forensic testimony in courts across Texas. McCann EI services Companies, Law Firms, and Individuals Statewide. Call them toll-free at 800-713-7670 or their Local Offices Austin Computer Forensics: 512-377-6142 Houston Computer Forensics: 832-628-4904 Dallas Computer Forensics: 214-329-9059 Lubbock Computer Forensics: 806-589-0320 Lufkin Computer Forensics: 936-585-4070 Brownsville Computer Forensics: 956-465-0849
Call toll-free at 800-713-7670
Houston Computer Forensics Division of McCann E-Investigations Expands Digital Debugging Capabilities with New Tools
McCann E-Investigation’s Houston computer forensics division continues to expand its digital debugging capabilities through the use of the most highly regarded tools on the market with QualsysGuard and Nessus security scanning solutions.
McCann E-Investigations (McCann EI), a Texas-based computer forensics and private investigative firm expands its computer forensics capabilities to meet the digital debugging demands of their clients in Houston and the surrounding areas. “We have seen significant requests from our clients regarding digital debugging.,” said Dan Weiss, Partner at McCann E-Investigations.
Digital intruders commonly replace system programs with custom versions of those programs that perform malicious operations, such as monitoring your keystrokes or providing remote access to the attacker. These types of malware are often difficult and time consuming to detect. To make this process as efficient as possible McCann EI utilizes two of the industry’s most respected tools, the QualysGuard and Nessus security scanning solutions, as well as proprietary software to identify and remediate security threats. “We strive to utilize the latest cutting edge computer forensics tools to not only keep up with the growing demand, but also to keep up with the ever changing IT industry,” continued Weiss.
The QualysGuard scanner is driven by the most comprehensive and most up-to-date knowledgebase of vulnerability checks in the industry. QualysGuard delivers continuous protection against the latest worms and security threats. In performing over 150 million system audits per year, QualysGuard is the widest deployed security on demand solution in the world. The Nessus security scanner detects and identifies the most malicious types of malware, such as spyware and keyloggers which can capture and transmit confidential session data. The Nessus security scanner performs sophisticated remote scans and audits of Unix, Windows, and network infrastructures.
About McCann EI:
http://www.einvestigations.com
About McCann EI: McCann EI’s Texas-based digital forensics team provides a one stop solution for Electronically Stored Information (ESI) investigative needs. McCann EI’s computer forensics, digital forensics, mobile forensics, and electronic discovery investigators serve law firms, private industry, and government with the same dedication and expertise that has had clients turning to McCann for over 25 years.
Regardless whether ESI is trapped in personal, corporate, mobile, or network drives, McCann EI’s computer forensics team is experienced in electronic discovery and recovering digital files. McCann E-Investigators provide expert witness computer forensic testimony in courts across Texas. McCann EI services Companies, Law Firms, and Individuals Statewide. Call them toll-free at 800-713-7670 or their Local Offices Austin Computer Forensics: 512-377-6142 Houston Computer Forensics: 832-628-4904 Dallas Computer Forensics: 214-329-9059 Lubbock Computer Forensics: 806-589-0320 Lufkin Computer Forensics: 936-585-4070 Brownsville Computer Forensics: 956-465-0849
Call toll-free at 800-713-7670
