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SANS Digital Forensics and Incident Response Blog: Tag - Investigation
by Ira Victor
A few days ago, Microsoft made a big announcement about a $250,000 bounty to help catch the creators the Conficker Worm. I covered that bounty story in Data Security Podcast Episode #40. The only problem: Microsoft apparently didn't tell anyone WHO to contact if you are a successful bounty hunter and have quality information from your investigation or incident response process.
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