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Last year, Middle Georgia State College digital forensics students toured the GBI forensics laboratory in Atlanta. And now the college has opened a state-of-the-art laboratory of its own. The college is planning to launch a concentration in digital forensics for

Welcome to this round-up of recent posts to the Forensic Focus forums. Forum members explain live RAM capturing tools and why they are relevant to forensic investigations. What is the best method of contemporaneous note-taking during investigations? A discussion about

Oxygen Forensics has updated its flagship mobile evidence discovery solution, Oxygen Forensic Suite 2014, adding forensic analysis support for BlackBerry 10 backups. The new release enables investigators to seamlessly process encrypted BlackBerry 10 backups, extract and analyze information contained in

Nigel, you’re currently a Lecturer in Computing at Letterkenny Institute of Technology. Could you tell us more about the role and what prompted you to enter academia? I was always interested in academia from a very early age – I

Two teams of students from Louisiana Tech University’s College of Engineering and Science have placed in the top 10 of the 2013 Department of Defense Cyber Crime Center (DC3) Digital Forensics Challenge. James Poore, Nathan Wallace and Stanislav Ponomarev comprised

It’s a unit that’s been around since 2008.It started with two donated computers. The Internet Crimes Against Children or ICAC has arrested almost 100 accused predators hiding behind computer screens. Detective Dan Barry who has been in the unit since

Yesterday, the 11th of February 2014, was the eleventh annual ‘Safer Internet Day’, a time when the general public, and particularly those who care for children and other vulnerable people, can learn how to stay safe online. What is Safer

Yesterday, the 11th of February 2014, was the eleventh annual ‘Safer Internet Day’, a time when the general public, and particularly those who care for children and other vulnerable people, can learn how to stay safe online. What is Safer

Andrew, you’re currently studying Digital Forensics at Bloomsburg University. Could you tell us more about the course and what drew you to it? Digital Forensics is the acquisition and analysis of any digital medium for the purpose of finding and

Effective January 15th, 2014, three new hardware modules designed to increase the value and performance of the Tableau TD3 Forensic Imaging System began shipping. Released in 2011, the Tableau TD3 quickly has become the market leader in standalone forensic duplication,

Dorset Police has said that “no decisions have been made” on whether its digital forensics section will be transferred to a neighbouring force. The force is currently leading a collaboration programme to see how Dorset, along with Avon and Somerset,

A Rye private investigator who has received $23,000 from the state since 2006 to do computer forensic investigations for indigent defendants pleaded guilty last week to misrepresenting some of her investigative certifications on her company’s website. Judith Gosselin, owner and

Almost everyone who uses the Internet has a web-based email account. Many people have two or more, so the likelihood of a forensic investigator coming across a case involving webmail communication is very high. While law enforcement examiners can ask