[x]
Posted via EE Mobile

Search, ask, and monitor your questions on the go with EE Mobile. Visit Experts Exchange from your mobile device and never be out of touch again.

Question
[x]
Attachment Details
[x]
The Solution Rating System

With so many solutions, how can you tell which solutions are most likely to help you and which ones are not? To provide you with a tool to use, we rate our solutions based on various elements that most accurately determine if a solution is a quality solution. To explain what factors affect the solution rating, here are the elements we take into consideration when formulating our solution rating.

  • The Grade of the Solution
  • The Zone Rank of the Expert Providing the Solution
  • The Number of Author and Expert Comments
  • The Number of Experts Contributing
  • The Feedback of the Community

Your Input Matters
Because of the way the system is set up, the most important variable in this equation is you. As a member of Experts Exchange, you are able to cast your vote on the quality of the solutions in regard to how complete, accurate, helpful and easy to understand each solution is. When you provide your feedback, each rating is adjusted accordingly. So, if you see a solution that has a poor rating that you think is a good solution, let us know by rating it. As you do, the rating will be adjusted and will become more accurate for other members of our site.

If you have any suggestions that you would like to make for our rating system, please ask a question in the Suggestions Zone of Community Support.

Thank you!

9.0

How do you trace someone who attempted to hack email

Asked by cjsling in Internet Security, Email Clients

Tags: Security, Forensics

I have a scenero I would like to run by the security experts.
User1 claims his email account was hacked and used to correspond in email to unknown people. The ip information from his ISP shows activity with his email account from his computer. ( At the time, this user was not behind a firewall and was using a public ip address) So it appears that someone hacked his computer and sent email s, etc.. using his ip address. Almost like this person had full access.. His ISP records show activity with his ip even when he wasn't using his computer or even home.
My questions are... 1. what would be the next step to try and determine where the inbound connection came from, if that is even possible at this point.  2. There is a person who is believed to have been the possible user who hacked this account. Is there some way this can be proved ? Keeping in mind.. Could this user's ISP records be able to show the connection ?
Just looking for the next logical step to try and determine or have all steps been exhausted.
Thanks in advance for any help or guidance.
cj
[+][-]01/09/09 08:55 AM, ID: 23337474Expert Comment

At Experts Exchange, members can ask their questions to thousands of technology professionals, also known as Experts. Experts compete and collaborate to answer those questions by leaving comments like this one.

Start your 30-day free trial to view this Expert Comment or ask the Experts your question.

 
[+][-]01/09/09 11:10 AM, ID: 23339132Expert Comment

At Experts Exchange, members can ask their questions to thousands of technology professionals, also known as Experts. Experts compete and collaborate to answer those questions by leaving comments like this one.

Start your 30-day free trial to view this Expert Comment or ask the Experts your question.

 
[+][-]01/10/09 02:09 AM, ID: 23343009Expert Comment

At Experts Exchange, members can ask their questions to thousands of technology professionals, also known as Experts. Experts compete and collaborate to answer those questions by leaving comments like this one.

Start your 30-day free trial to view this Expert Comment or ask the Experts your question.

 
[+][-]01/10/09 08:34 PM, ID: 23346910Accepted Solution

View this solution now by starting your 30-day free trial. Setting up your free trial is quick, easy, and secure. We will return you to this solution, unlocked, when you're done.

About this solution

Zones: Internet Security, Email Clients
Tags: Security, Forensics
Sign Up Now!
Solution Provided By: BillDL
Participating Experts: 5
Solution Grade: A
 
[+][-]01/11/09 11:10 AM, ID: 23349324Assisted Solution

Assisted solutions are selected by the member who asked the question as a comment that contributed to their question's solution.

Start your 30-day free trial to view this Assisted Solution or ask the Experts your question.

 
[+][-]01/11/09 12:39 PM, ID: 23349619Expert Comment

At Experts Exchange, members can ask their questions to thousands of technology professionals, also known as Experts. Experts compete and collaborate to answer those questions by leaving comments like this one.

Start your 30-day free trial to view this Expert Comment or ask the Experts your question.

 
[+][-]09/26/09 12:22 AM, ID: 25429073Expert Comment

At Experts Exchange, members can ask their questions to thousands of technology professionals, also known as Experts. Experts compete and collaborate to answer those questions by leaving comments like this one.

Start your 30-day free trial to view this Expert Comment or ask the Experts your question.

 
 
Loading Advertisement...
20091021-EE-VQP-81 - Hierarchy / EE_QW_3_20080625