New Visual tools to help Investigations

In this months NZ Security magazine, Ron McQuilter gives an insight into the various new tools to assist with fraud investigation.

Data Mining and intelligence charts are no longer the sole domain of the large accounting firms but are now in regular use by PI firms who are computer savvy and quick to take up technology in their efforst to combat business fraud and deliver results for small...

Spam - Not the Monty Python Type

After a naming contest in 1937, Hormel Foods came up with the name SPAM (SPiced hAM). The ingredient ? well here goes: Chopped pork shoulder, ham meat, sugar, salt, water, and sodium nitrite, a color preservative, often dubbed "mystery meat".

I fondly recall as a boy raised in a poor area of Glasgow thinking how lucky I was when my mum put SPAM as opposed to just JAM on my bread. If you had SPAM...

Meta Data Evidence

Document Metadata

Microsoft Word documents contain a wealth of hidden information called Metadata.  Simply put, Metadata is data about data.  The purpose of the hidden data is to enhance viewing, filing and retrieval of documents by the Microsoft suite of products.

One of our clients recently requested a forensic examination of documents being produced in a Civil Case.  Our computer forensic...

i2 Analysis

Paragon uses i2 integrated suite of products specifically designed to bring clarity to complex investigations and scenarios. The i2 product enables Paragon  analysts and investigators to uncover connections, patterns and relationships hidden within volume data. From simple to complex environments,