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UK ‘losing fight’ against internet crime, warn MPs

25th May 202030th July 2013

The UK must do more to stop online fraud and deter state-sponsored cyber-espionage or risk losing the fight against e-crime, MPs have warned. The Home Affairs Select Committee said much low-level internet-based financial crime was falling into a “black hole”

Interview with Dr Richard Overill, Senior Lecturer in Computer Science, KCL

25th May 202029th July 2013

Your paper “The ‘Inverse CSI Effect’: Further Evidence from E-Crime Data” has recently been published in the International Journal of Electronic Security and Digital Forensics. Could you give us a brief overview of the topic, and your main findings? I’m

Jim Grady, President, Cellebrite USA

19th May 202028th July 2013

Jim, please tell us a bit about yourself and your background before joining Cellebrite. I´ve been involved in the wireless industry as an executive for over 20 years, both on the carrier side and the vendor side. Prior to Cellebrite,

Dr Richard Overill, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Informatics, King’s College London

19th May 202027th July 2013

Richard, you’re currently a Senior Lecturer in Computer Science at KCL – can you tell us more about your role and how you entered academia? Like much, perhaps most, of my life, it was purely serendipitous! I had finished the

Scientist banned from revealing codes used to start luxury cars

25th May 202027th July 2013

A British-based computer scientist has been banned from publishing an academic paper revealing the secret codes used to start luxury cars including Porsches, Audis, Bentleys and Lamborghinis as it could lead to the theft of millions of vehicles, a judge

UK government to ‘drain the market’ of online child sex abuse

25th May 202022nd July 2013

The government plans to “drain the market” of child sexual abuse images online by launching a campaign with the police and internet companies to pursue both the publishers and those who access the material, David Cameron has said. The prime

Through Google Glass — Preparing Digital Forensics and Cyber Security Education

25th May 202019th July 2013

Google Glass, the voice-controlled glasses that act as a wearable computer, recently became available to a handful of initial testers. After participating in an application process and submitting a proposal on how I would use the product, I was selected

German cybercops working to keep the Internet safe with digital forensics

25th May 202012th July 2013

Criminals value the unlimited freedom and anonymity that they get on the Internet. But cybercops and digital forensic experts are working to change that. We are used to seeing police officers doing street patrols. And the Internet is no different

Digital forensics professionals to get global certification

25th May 20208th July 2013

Non-profit certification body (ISC)² is preparing to launch what it believes is the world’s first qualification designed to assess the skill set of experienced digital forensics professionals. The Certified Cyber Forensics Professional (CCFP) will be launched in 25 September in

CSA to help plug gaps in standards on digital forensics in the cloud

25th May 20205th July 2013

The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) announced the formation of a new working group that will closely examine incident handling and forensics in cloud environments. The CSA is a not-for-profit organisation tasked with promoting the use of best practices for providing

Computer forensics expert reveals ‘hidden’ source for digital evidence

25th May 20205th July 2013

Sometimes, when a computer forensics expert is dissecting a suspect’s computer, the most important question to answer is this: “Am I looking at the original hard-drive, with all of its incriminating evidence, or has that drive been swapped out surreptitiously

Catching the ghost: how to discover ephemeral evidence with live RAM analysis

25th May 202025th June 2013

Until very recently, it was a standard practice for European law enforcement agencies to approach running computers with a “pull-the-plug” attitude without recognizing the amount of evidence lost with the content of the computer’s volatile memory. While certain information never

Catching the ghost: how to discover ephemeral evidence with Live RAM analysis

12th May 202018th June 2013

Oleg Afonin and Yuri Gubanov, [email protected] © Belkasoft Research, 2013 Belkador Dali. “Losing volatile Evidence”. All rights reserved. Ephemeral Evidence Until very recently, it was a standard practice for European law enforcement agencies to approach running computers with a “pull-the-plug”

Webinar: Internet Evidence Finder (IEF) Advanced Edition v6.1

25th May 202017th June 2013

A new webinar recorded by Lance Mueller of Magnet Forensics introducing Internet Evidence Finder (IEF) Advanced Edition v6.1 can now be viewed here. Lance gives a hands-on demonstration of how to recover Internet evidence, including deleted data, from iOS &

Internet Evidence Finder (IEF) Advanced Edition v6.1

16th October 202117th June 2013

Presenter: Lance Mueller, Director of Forensics, Magnet Forensics Join the forum discussion here.View the webinar on YouTube here.Read a full transcript of the webinar here. Transcript Welcome everyone. This is Lance Mueller at Magnet Forensics. Today, I am very excited

NSA taps in to user data of Facebook, Apple, Google and others

25th May 20207th June 2013

The National Security Agency has obtained direct access to the systems of Google, Facebook, Apple and other US internet giants, according to a top secret document obtained by the Guardian. The NSA access is part of a previously undisclosed program