Forensic Focus

Detectives have begun a Facebook campaign in a bid to catch the killer of Jo Yeates. Her body was found on Christmas Day, in Longwood Lane, Failand, eight days after she was reported missing from her home in Clifton, Bristol.

Mobile calls and texts made on any GSM network can be eavesdropped upon using four cheap phones and open source software, say security researchers. Karsten Nohl and Sylvain Munaut demonstrated their eavesdropping toolkit at the Chaos Computer Club Congress (CCC)

A Michigan man has been charged under anti-hacking legislation designed to protect trade secrets after logging on to his wife’s email account and discovering she was having an affair. Leon Walker, 33, faces a trial lawyers say could have significant

Merry Christmas everyone! Hope you’re all having a good time and enjoying a well deserved rest! Best wishes, Jamie

by Craig Ball "An op-ed piece in the New York Times called Begging for Your Pay describes the humiliating ordeal of freelancers forced to hound clients to recover thousands of dollars of compensation. It brings to mind the occasional posts

by Chris Hargreaves "In August 2010 it was announced that Google Wave would not be continuing as a stand-alone product, having been available to the general public for just 2-3 months. In that time period, it is unlikely that much

by Joshua Isaac James and Pavel Gladyshev, Centre for Cybercrime Investigation, University College Dublin "From December 7th 2010 to December 12th 2010 a survey on Digital Investigation Process and Accuracy was conducted in an attempt to determine the current state

by David Sullivan "Securing a work placement is a key part of most Computer Forensics (CF) degrees. In my experience recruiting in this area, successfully completing a placement greatly increases the chances of gaining a full time job in CF

Allegations that the FBI may have smuggled back doors or weaknesses into openBSD’s cryptography have created uproar in the security community. Former government contractor Gregory Perry, who helped develop the OpenBSD crypto framework a decade ago, claims that contractors were

Google’s new cloud computing ChromeOS looks like a plan “to push people into careless computing” by forcing them to store their data in the cloud rather than on machines directly under their control, warns Richard Stallman, founder of the Free

The Forensic Science Service is to be wound up, the UK Government said today. Crime Prevention Minister James Brokenshire said action needed to be taken as the service was making operational losses of £2 million per month and was likely

FTI Technology LLC, the e-discovery business segment of global advisory firm FTI Consulting, Inc. has announced the availability of a RAND Europe report entitled “E-Discovery and Legal Frameworks Governing Privacy and Data Protection in European Countries.” The complimentary report, which

Sergey Aleynikov, 40, was found guilty in the Southern District of New York on one count of stealing trade secrets and one count of transporting stolen property. Authorities said Aleynikov stole “hundreds of thousands of lines” of source code from

This has already been online for about a month but it’s well worth a listen – Episode 33 of the Forensic 4Cast is available here. "Today we talk about the increased risk of cyber-terrorism and the possibility of all out

Results from the 2010 New Zealand Computer Crime and Security Survey have been released, noting an overall reduction in security incidents and costs per organisation. The Survey, funded by InternetNZ (Internet New Zealand Inc), highlights a range of trends, including

The Court of Appeal has rejected claims that some individuals prosecuted under Operation Ore for incitement to distribute indecent photographs were themselves the victims of credit card fraud. Operation Ore was a major, long-running investigation by UK police into individuals