AACC Digital Forensics Team Hacks Their Way to First Place

The cyber-forensics team at Anne Arundel Community College (AACC) took top honors among community colleges in a competition that pitted them against the best teams in the nation, and 52 other countries. The team consisted of AACC students from all

Computer crimes meet their match with digital forensics investigator

Bombs, sex crimes, homicides, suicides, fraud and burglary. Such cases are where the Brevard County Sheriff’s Office new digital forensics investigator comes into play. To keep up with advances in digital technology and communication — and the criminals who use

Brit PhD student excels in Pentagon digi-forensics challenge

A computer science student from Lancaster University has become the UK winner of the digital forensics challenge, a global competition designed and hosted by the US Department of Defense. Christopher Richardson (AKA Ikarus) came first in the UK and ninth

Marshall professor writes digital forensics book

Marshall University Professor John Sammons is an author for the first time. The professor of computer and information technology has written a book – “The Basics of Digital Forensics: The Primer for Getting Started in Digital Forensics” – to be

Forensic Toolkit v3 Tips and Tricks ― Not on a Budget

by Sean L. Harrington "A couple of weeks ago, Brian Glass posted a very helpful comment, Forensic Toolkit v3 Tips and Tricks — on a Budget. His comment focused on how to “get close to SSD performance on the cheap”

iPhone Tracking – from a forensic point of view

Posted by 4rensiker "iPhoneTracking is sexy! Every mobile forensic suite, at least the ones dealing with iPhones, are providing it proudly. iPhoneTracking also has been a hot topic in the media all around the globe. People stated that there is

Android Forensics Study of Password and Pattern Lock Protection

Posted by Oxygen Software "Let’s see what Pattern Lock is, how to access, determine or even get rid of it? We’ll also speak about Password Lock Protection and find out what it has in common with Pattern Lock. And finally

Skype in eDiscovery

by Stuart Clarke, 7Safe "The EDRM (Electronic Discovery Reference Model) is a widely accepted workflow, which guides those involved in eDiscovery. Typically, the identification and collection phases see email and common office documents harvested, but as technology moves forward is

Forensic Toolkit v3 Tips and Tricks – On a budget

Posted by Brian K. Glass "While researching FTK 3X and Oracle, you just recently discovered that the best configuration of your Oracle database would be on a solid state drive (SSD). Solid state drives give the maximum level of performance

Anonymous, what does it mean?

Posted by forens245 "Anonymous, a word which Merriam-Webster describes as: of unknown authorship or origin, not named or identified, or lacking individuality, distinction, or recognizability. There are some in this world that wish to remain anonymous, not named or identified.

GCHQ to offer British firms expertise in cybercrime

Some of the secret technologies created at the government’s giant eavesdropping centre GCHQ are to be offered to private industry as part of new cyber security strategy being unveiled by ministers on Friday. The idea is likely to be one

Forensic Toolkit v3 Tips and Tricks ― Not on a Budget

A couple of weeks ago, Brian Glass posted a very helpful comment, Forensic Toolkit v3 Tips and Tricks — on a Budget.  His comment focused on how to “get close to SSD performance on the cheap” and he discussed the

iPhone Tracking – from a forensic point of view

– Introduction – iPhoneTracking is sexy!!! Every mobile forensic suite, at least the ones dealing with iPhones, are providing it proudly. iPhoneTracking also has been a hot topic in the media all around the globe. People stated, that there is

Android Forensics Study of Password and Pattern Lock Protection

Let’s see what Pattern Lock is, how to access, determine or even get rid of it? We’ll also speak about Password Lock Protection and find out what it has in common with Pattern Lock. And finally we’ll try to understand