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E-Mail Isn't as Ethereal as You Might Think
LinksAt first blush, message headers seem esoteric. Why should a lawyer care about the alphanumeric ID assigned to a message, the message's offset from Greenwich Mean Time or the names of the servers it traversed before delivery? The answer lies in how you plan to use the information in discovery...

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Computer Forensics Experts, Who's Your Daddy?
QuestionsAs computer forensics has become increasingly important to civil and criminal trials, certification for computer experts has been a growing business. Today there are a handful of nonprofit and for-profit organizations that offer computer forensic certification programs. However, no one program or authority has appeared to define what a computer forensic certification should entail, which means these programs can vary wildly in terms of quality...

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CSI SQL Server - Methods for collecting digital evidence
LinksForensic analysis of database systems is very specific and demanding task, and it was the main inspiration for writing this article. In this article you will find information about what digital forensic is and what kind of methods you can use for collecting digital evidence on SQL Server...

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Intro to Report Writing for Digital Forensics
LinksSo you’ve just completed your forensic examination and found that forensic gem or smoking gun in your case, so how do you proceed? Depending on where you fall as a forensicator (e.g., law enforcement, intelligence, criminal defense work, incident response, e-discovery) you will have to report your findings. Foremost, find out what type of work product you are going to be required to produce to the client, attorney, etc. This will be your guide for completing your report...

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Insiders Doubt 2008 Pentagon Hack Was Foreign Spy Attack
NewsIn the fall of 2008, a variant of a three year-old, relatively-benign worm began winding its way through the U.S. military’s networks, spread by troops using thumb drives and other removable storage media..."Some guys wanted to reach out and touch someone. But months later, we were still doing forensics..."

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High tech crime fighters in Garfield County Sheriff's Office
NewsWhen a detective with the Garfield County Sheriff's Office collects a computer, cell phone, digital camera, thumb drive, or any other technological device that potentially holds evidence pertaining to a case, they take it to one person — Detective Cpl. Eric Ashworth. He's the one that sorts through the hundreds of gigabytes worth of files on a hard drive to uncover possible evidence to present to the investigator who's reviewing the case...

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F-Response and Passware - Bitlocker Access in Real-Time
VideoMatt Shannon in collaboration with Passware present an interesting method of discovering BitLocker recovery keys from a live session in this short video.
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'Web 2.0' as evidence
Announcementsby Sean McLinden

"In a recent intellectual property case for which we were retained, among the electronically stored information (ESI) that the plaintiff sought for production were internal company blogs and wikis used by the defendant’s developers to discuss new product ideas, as well as the design and coding of the alleged offending application. Included in the discovery were sites created using Microsoft® SharePoint® and MediaWiki software (and others). The discovery order was crafted with the typical “readily accessible” and “native format” language that seems totally irrelevant to sites which maintain dynamic content..."

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HBGary Unveils Freeware Tool for Incident Responders, Forensic Practitioners
NewsHBGary has released a new freeware tool, FGET, a network-capable forensic data acquisition tool. FGET simplifies the process of acquiring forensically sound copies of key data on the hard drive, including the prefetch directory, system32\config directory, and all user's NTUSER.DAT files. Acquired information includes the event log, SAM database, and registry...
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Court of Appeals rules police need warrant to monitor vehicles using GPS
NewsSince the passage of Mary's Law in Michigan and Cindy's Law in Illinois there is much discusion on the constitutionality of monitoring batterers and stalkers. The impact of this appellate case and how it may impact the future of domestic violence cases and the use of GPS is not yet known...

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