Neubecker Attends High Tech Crime Conference

Forensicon’s Lee Neubecker  is attending  the High Tech Crime Investigation Association Conference and Training Expo this week.   The HTCIA  has been at the cutting edge of cyber security issues for 30 years.  The 4 day conference includes classes and labs on emerging cyber security challenges.  It features keynote addresses by law enforcement officials and pioneers in high tech crime detection.  Forensicon’s involvement in…

Team QDiscovery Hits the Road for Camp Tavor Kids

The flag is down!  The 7th Annual Tour L’ Tavor bike ride to raise funds and awareness for Camp Tavor has started!  Our own Director of Digital Forensics Yaniv Schiff, and Project Manager Megan Twibell are, we like to imagine, leading the pack of 50 bikers! They will pedal, pound, and pull for three days and 150 miles from Chicago…

Yaniv Schiff Presents to Valparaiso School of Law

Yaniv Schiff, Director of Digital Forensics at Forensicon, Inc., appeared as a guest lecturer at Valparaiso Law School in Valparaiso, Indiana. Mr. Schiff offered insight and first-hand knowledge to the students of Ms. Emily Janoski-Haehlen in her Technology in Law class. Mr. Schiff lectured on the e-discovery process and computer forensics including data recovery, ESI and potential sources of relevant…

Yaniv Schiff Promoted to Director of Digital Forensics

CHICAGO, Nov. 11, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Forensicon, Inc., a Chicago-based digital forensics and eDiscovery firm, is pleased to announce the promotion of Yaniv Schiff from Senior Computer Forensics Examiner to Director of Digital Forensics. In Schiff’s new role as Director, he will lead company efforts to build out the team of digital forensics examiners and provide leadership within the company’s digital…

Erin Lara joins Forensicon’s Cyber Investigator Team

Forensicon is pleased to welcome Ms. Erin Lara as the newest member of Forensicon’s Chicago-based, computer forensics investigative team.  Ms. Lara brings a wealth of experience to Forensicon, having served with the United States Air Force and the Park Forest Police Department. Ms. Lara graduated Summa Cum Laude from American InterContinental University earning a Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology focused in Computer…

Digital Video and Photo Forensics May Help Reveal Planners of Boston Marathon Bombing

Since the tragic bombing at the Boston Marathon earlier this week, there have been several fatalities and many severe casualties with more than a hundred people physically injured from the attack. The FBI has taken over the investigation into this heinous crime and is trying to uncover the identity of those involved with executing the attack. Lee Neubecker, a digital…

Neubecker Urges Passage of Same Sex Marriage Legalization in Illinois

The Illinois General Assembly is set to consider and vote on Illinois Senate Bill 10, the Marriage Fairness Act. If the measure passes, same sex marriage would become legal in the State of Illinois. Passage of the measure hangs in the balance as reported last week when Illinois Speaker of the General Assembly Michael Madigan reported a shortage of the…

Lee Neubecker Interviewed by Crains About GM Trade Secret Trial

Lee Neubecker, Forensicon’s President, was interviewed by Vincent Bond regarding the GM trade secret trial of Shanshan Du, a former GM engineer.  The case is part of a trend of industrial espionage that has menaced the auto industry — and major corporations and government agencies throughout the United States. “ Often, the greed of trade-secret thieves makes it easy to trap them…

Chicago Board of Election Website Catastrophic Security Breach

More than 1.7 Million Registered Voters Have Personal Information Disclosed Forensicon just uncovered and reported a massive security breach at the Chicago Board of Election’s website http://www.chicagoelections.com. The last time this happened was back in 2006 when past and present Chairman of the Board of Elections ordered a computer forensics audit, yet here we are again with another major breach of…

Yaniv Schiff Testifies Regarding Mumbai Terror Trial of Rana

Yaniv Schiff, Senior Computer Forensics Examiner, testified in court on June 6th, 2011 regarding the accused terrorist trial of Tahawwur Rana. Forensicon, Inc. was retained by counsel Blegen & Garvey to analyze the forensic images of the Rana home and work computers seized by the FBI on October 18th, 2009. More details as reported by the Courthouse News Service available…