Hawk PI Announces Expansion of Services to Include AlabamaATLANTA (Mar. 11, 2021) – Hawk PI, a full-service investigative firm, is expanding their service area to include Alabama. The firm will be based in Birmingham and will provide investigative services including surveillance, bug sweeps, background checks and more throughout all of Alabama including Huntsville, Mobile and…
Hawk PI Enhances Digital Forensics Capabilities with the Addition of Nationally-Recognized Expert Beth MessickATLANTA (Mar. 10, 2020) Hawk PI, a leader in digital and technical investigative techniques, announces the addition of retired GBI digital forensics expert, Beth Messick. In this role, she will provide advisory services to attorneys and businesses in the digital forensics aspects…
ATLANTA (Nov. 11, 2019) Hawk Professional Investigations, a national leader in TSCM bug sweep services, security and investigations, has hired Robert McDonough as Associate, Security Consulting.
ATLANTA (Apr. 26, 2019) – Tim Keener, U.S. Secret Service (Retired) and Director of Global TSCM & Physical Security for Hawk PI, will present a seminar on Debugging & Detection in Today’s Technological Environment at the Georgia Association of Professional Private Investigators Spring Training Conference. The event, held April 25-26, offers continuing education opportunities for…
ATLANTA (Feb. 25, 2019) – The legal community is abuzz after news broke of a recording device found in a law firm in West Palm Beach. The story has brought up privacy concerns and questions throughout the legal community and into the business world. This event happened in Florida which is a two-party consent state…
While Apple’s newly discovered FaceTime bug grabs global headlines, experts warn that all mobile devices are vulnerable to privacy exploits. The vulnerability in FaceTime, discovered by a 14-year-old Fortnite player in Arizona, allows a caller to eavesdrop – and in some cases view live video – of the person being called, even before the recipient…
We are proud to announce the addition of Tim Keener, a 20-year veteran of the U.S. Secret Service, to the Hawk PI Security Team.
In his role as Director for Global TSCM and Physical Security, Tim will develop and deploy comprehensive strategies and programs for security assessment, planning and implementing to create technically secure environments for sites, events and individuals.
The Carroll County Board of Education on Thursday approved the purchase of the SHIELD security system for Glanton-Hindsman Elementary in Villa Rica. The school system is continuing to install protective measures as part of its safety initiative. Ithica Elementary, Roopville Elementary and Villa Rica Middle already have the SHIELD system installed. The SHIELD is a security system…
Question: Can I trust the applications that I download on my phone? The market is flooded with apps for everything imaginable now. Apps with bad code can put the user, device, network and information stored on the device at risk. Knowing which apps you can trust depends on a few variables – most significantly, the…
You can now add non-bluetooth wireless keyboards and mice to your list of “hackables”. Bastille, a cybersecurity research company, recently discovered two vulnerabilities affecting wireless, non-Bluetooth keyboards and mice. These vulnerabilities could allow hackers to eavesdrop on your keystrokes and expose your sensitive data including credit card and banking information, social security number and passwords.…
There is no doubt that digital evidence on cell phones and mobile devices is changing the landscape of the U.S. legal system. Though the depths of this impact have yet to be fully understood or measured. In 2015, the Institute of Justice (a branch of the Department of Justice) collaborated with the Rand Corporation to…
Question: Does someone need to have physical access to my phone in order to install spyware on it? Answer: No. A person does not need to have physical access to your phone to install spyware on it. However, the likelihood of this is very slim. The most common types of spyware will require physical access…