Forensic 4cast: Conversation with Rob Lee

"Last Friday I had a conversation with Rob Lee of Mandiant and SANS. We talked about a few things but mostly about the upcoming SANS EU Forensic Summit. Even if you’re not planning on attending it's worth listening to find

CyberSpeak February 28, 2010

Interview with Christa Miller about the need for law enforcement and digital forensics specialists to manage their online resumes, plus FreeBSD Tips on SANS Forensic Blog, FireFox Internet History Analysis and more… http://cyberspeak.libsyn.com/cyber_speak_february_28_2010

RSA 2010: FBI appeals to business to help battle online crime

The director of the FBI Robert Mueller used his keynote address to the RSA 2010 conference to appeal for greater cooperation between law enforcement and the private sector to fight online crime. He told delegates that the need for cooperation

First generation of cyber police joins capital’s force in Abu Dhabi

Abu Dhabi has its first batch of dedicated cyber crimebusters. Fifteen police officers, including one woman, have completed master of science degrees at Zayed University with a specialisation in cyber security. They will be equipped with the most up-to-date weapons

EnCase(R) Forensic Wins 2010 SC Magazine Reader Trust Award

EnCase(R) Forensic has been recognized with SC Magazine’s 2010 Reader Trust Award in the category of Best Computer Forensics Solution. The announcement was made at the SC Awards Gala, held in conjunction with the annual RSA Conference in San Francisco…EnCase

Spanish police arrest masterminds of ‘massive’ botnet

Spanish police have revealed that they have arrested three men responsible for one of the world’s biggest networks of virus-infected computers. All are Spanish citizens with no criminal records and limited hacking skills. It is estimated that the so-called Mariposa

Computer forensics education directory updated

Our University and College Course Directory has been updated with the following institutions: American InterContinental University (US)Arapahoe Community College (US)Marshall University (US)Lawrence Technological University (US)Harper College (US)California Sciences Institute (US)Lenoir Community College (US)Regis University (US)Boston University (US)University of Rhode Island

Organiser of Darkmarket fraud website jailed

A man who created a website trading in stolen financial information linked to tens of millions of pounds in losses has been jailed for nearly five years. Renukanth Subramaniam, 33, founded Darkmarket, a “Facebook for fraudsters” where criminals could buy

Throwing the book at digital crooks

Pop quiz: Name a crime that doesn’t relate to computers. Go ahead. Still thinking? Here’s a hint: you probably can’t. “No matter the crime, we can come up with some angle that will show, yeah, there’s a potential that’s a

F-Response 3.09.06 released

The largest and most noticeable change to this new release is the ability to use F-Response Enterprise to directly deploy to remote potential F-Response targets via the GUI completely independent of platform. It is now just as easy to deploy

UK Security Breach Investigations Report 2010 Published

An analysis of actual data compromise cases has been released by Computer Security and Forensics consulting firm 7Safe and the University of Bedfordshire. Anonymised data has been analysed from over 60 computer forensic investigations undertaken by 7Safe in what makes

Police on the hunt for perfect PC crime breathalyser

UK police are continuing to develop a tool to detect evidence of illegal activity on PCs that could be as easy for officers to use as a breathalyser. Specialist e-crime policing organisations have been examining commercially available digital forensic devices

Police survey provides glimpse of Net-surveillance figures

A forthcoming survey of computer crime investigators suggests that electronic surveillance is a bit more commonplace than most people might expect. Even a relatively small group of 100 police working on online investigations reports submitting as many as 22,800 legal