Forensic Focus

John H. Riley, Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania

John, can you tell us something about your background and why you decided to teach digital forensics? First, thanks for the opportunity to discuss our program. We’re really proud of what we’ve accomplished here and believe we’re contributing to the

Digital Forensics is not just HOW but WHY

This paper will focus on the proper understanding of Digital Forensics from the educational point-of-view and explain the problem with certification based skill validation to establish “expert” skills since Digital Forensic education did not really existed up to just a

An Introduction to Penetration Testing – Part 1

In an earlier article, many moons ago, I stated my opinion that Forensics and Security were opposite sides of the same coin. I’ve felt very strongly that my skills as a Security Consultant have only been strengthened and expanded by

Internet Evidence Finder (IEF) v5.5 First to Support IE 10 and Cloud Apps

With a strong commitment to helping thousands of its customers in law enforcement, military, government and corporate organizations retrieve Internet evidence from the broadest range of artifacts, JADsoftware has unveiled v5.5 of its industry leading data recovery software, Internet Evidence

Computer forensics training in Prague

In this Help Net Security interview, Gareth Dance, Conference Director, EMEA, SANS Institute, talks about SANS Forensics Prague 2012. SANS Forensics Prague 2012 is a technically intense event. What can attendees expect? What type of existing knowledge is necessary in

An Introduction to Penetration Testing – Part 1

In an earlier article, many moons ago (Sorry Jamie !), I stated my opinion that Forensics and Security were opposite sides of the same coin. I’ve felt very strongly that my skills as a Security Consultant have only been strengthened

Spend more on fighting cyber crime, less on antivirus

New academic research finds that the amount the UK spends on cyber crime precautions would be better spent on policing The UK economy spends far more on cyber crime precautions such as antivirus software than it loses to cyber crime,

Professor Golden G. Richard III, University of New Orleans

Golden, can you tell us something about your background and why you decided to teach digital forensics? I studied computer science at the University of New Orleans, then went to Ohio State to get an M.S. and Ph.D. My evil

Warning of link between downloading and child sex attacks

People who download child abuse images pose a risk of committing sex attacks on children, says a specialist police child protection unit. The UK’s Child Exploitation and Online Protection (CEOP) centre wants police to prioritise those caught with such images,

Epiq Systems Releases Research on US, European eDiscovery Readiness

Epiq Systems, Inc. has released a new research report focused on eDiscovery readiness of U.S. and European companies. The report, entitled “When the Regulator Calls,” is based on a survey of more than 2,000 corporations across sectors including aerospace, banking

Flame malware makers send ‘suicide’ code

The creators of the Flame malware have sent a “suicide” command that removes it from some infected computers. Security firm Symantec caught the command using booby-trapped computers set up to watch Flame’s actions. The “suicide” command was “designed to completely

Facebook forced into revealing identities of cyberbullies

A mother has won court backing to force Facebook to reveal the identities of cyberbullies who targeted her with a string of abusive messages on the website. Nicola Brookes, 45, was granted a high court order after receiving “vicious and

Michigan Supreme Court won’t intervene in email case, urges review

The Michigan Supreme Court won’t intervene in an Oakland County case of a man charged with getting access to his estranged wife’s email but conservative and liberal justices believe lawmakers should consider fine-tuning the law. Leon Walker was charged with

The Role of Cyber Terrorism in the Future

By Michael Chance University of New Haven M.S. National Security ABSTRACT Since the events of September 11, 2001 terrorism has been an issue at the forefront of National Security.  This paper will explore the more specific threat of cyberterrorism that