Re: Private information on public computers

[l00t3r <l00t3r () gmail com>]

Check out Mr. Carvey over at http://windowsir.blogspot.com/

About 3/4 the way down the page he talks about metadata.  You may want
to take a look into how to extract the metadata from files and then
get your hands dirty.  Google or any incident response sites should
give you a good head start

On 3/15/06, Steven Meyer <meysteven () gmail com> wrote:
> Hello list,
> A lot of collaborators in the company do some office work (word,
> excel, PowerPoint) at home or on "public computer".
> Since some of there work information is confidential, I was wondering
> what kind of information (if no key loggers are installed,) could be
> reviled ( there always save there document on a usb stick,) after
> there have done with they work. I know for example in the recent files
> menu, you can find the name of the last accessed files. But is they
> some temp files of the document that are stored one the hard drive.
> The real Question would be: what kind of information could someone
> retrieve from the computer after the collaborators work is done and
> saved on a usb stick. And what would there need to do  for the
> computer to be completely cleaned of all information about they work.
> Thanks for all help
> Steven Meyer

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