Users of Windows Live Messenger or MSN Messenger in the United Kingdom can click a new button in the chat application to contact police with reports of suspicious behavior and instances of inappropriate sexual conduct online…
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Dead disks yield live information
Identity thieves are gleaning personal information from scrapped computers…
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The investigation that led law enforcement to John Mark Karr can be traced to a single e-mail, sent some four years ago…
While the FBI’s Atlanta spokesman, Stephen Emmett, declined to elaborate on the FBI’s role, … Read more
Convicted Man Sues HP After Encryption Failed to Keep Him Out of Prison
Michael Crooker had his lawsuit concerning Hewlett-Packard’s DriveLock encryption software tossed out of court. Crooker had his Compaq laptop seized by FBI agents in 2004 after bomb-making materials were found at his home. He claimed that the FBI then used … Read more
Private Forensic Examinations in RIAA case
As part of their investigation into illegal music downloading, the RIAA demanded full access to a suspect’s computer, which the accused felt was a violation of her privacy. The judge agreed with her and is letting her hire her own … Read more
CERT’s Virtual Training Environment (VTE) Open to Public
CERT’s Virtual Training Environment (VTE), with more than 160 hours of multimedia-based instruction in information assurance and computer forensics, is now available to the public.
The Virtual Training Environment (VTE) is a Web-based knowledge library for Information Assurance, computer forensics … Read more
Undelete those deleted emails, FOIA ruling tells UK Government
‘Deleted’ Government records needn’t necessarily be treated as deleted after all, according to a ruling by the Information Tribunal, which deals with appeals against rulings under the Freedom of Information Act. “The Tribunal understands that information which is held electronically … Read more