Forensic Focus

Gary McKinnon extradition to US blocked by Theresa May

British computer hacker Gary McKinnon will not be extradited to the US, Home Secretary Theresa May has announced. Mr McKinnon, 46, who admits accessing US government computers but claims he was looking for evidence of UFOs, has been fighting extradition

Encrypt it, but Don’t Trust It

This is not about acquisition tools, but about understanding why we need to test our tools even if the tool was just updated.  The latest and greatest tool without testing can be a risk factor just like the old and

CP assertion has suspect crying foul

The attorney for Mark Strong Sr. said Wednesday that he will seek sanctions against prosecutors if they cannot back up their assertion that evidence of child pornography was on a computer hard drive that police seized from Strong’s home. Daniel

Lindy Sheppard, F3 (First Forensic Forum) Secretary

Lindy, can you tell us a bit about your background and how you entered the world of forensic computing? My vital statistics are: divorced, two children (son and daughter – in that order), one grandson and three granddaughters (not in

Windows 8 Forensics – A First Look

Presenter: Josh Brunty, Assistant Professor of Digital Forensics, Marshall University Join the forum discussion here.View the webinar on YouTube here.Read a full transcript of the webinar here. Transcript Jamie: Welcome, everyone, to this latest Forensic Focus webinar! As always, my

Hague issues warning about global cybercrime danger

It has never been easier to become a cybercriminal, Foreign Secretary William Hague is to warn an international conference in Budapest. He will tell delegates that cybercrime is “one of the greatest global and strategic challenges of our time.” The

5 Steps to Ensure Your Cloud Provider Is Ready for Ediscovery

Identifying, retrieving, and producing electronically stored information (ESI) in response to a subpoena can be a time-consuming and costly business. Processing just one gigabyte of data in response to an electronic discovery (ediscovery) request can cost at least $30,000, according

Cyber forensics to the fore

The goal of computer forensics is to examine digital media in a forensically sound manner with the aim of identifying, preserving, recovering, analysing and presenting facts and opinions about the information. Most often associated with the investigation of a wide

Fighting crime in the computer age

Technology is changing at a dizzying pace, and law enforcement officers are having trouble keeping up. New smartphones are being released constantly. Tablets like the iPad are replacing laptop computers. Almost everybody – including those who break the law –

Philip Anderson, Northumbria University

Philip, can you tell us something about your background and why you decided to teach digital forensics? I graduated from Northumbria University with a BSc (Hons) in Business Information Technology in 1997 and gained an MSc in Distance Education with