Forensic Focus

A review of Adroit Photo Forensics is now online here with follow up discussion available here. Many thanks to Austin Troxell for the review.

A German computer scientist has published details of the secret code used to protect the conversations of more than 4bn mobile phone users. Karsten Nohl, working with other experts, has spent the past five months cracking the algorithm used to

The results and winners of the 2009 Digital Forensics Research (DFRWS2009) Challenge were announced at the 9th Annual DFRWS Conference. This challenge delves into gaming consoles from a forensic perspective, combining UNIX file system forensics, memory forensics, and network forensics.

DECAF takes an interesting turn at decafme.org plus Cyberspeak interview at http://cyberspeak.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=561335

viaForensics has announced their Android Forensics training course which will prepare examiners with the tools, techniques and analysis methods to investigate an Android device. This training course is for law enforcement or government employees only and coincides with the DoD

An interview with Russell May of 4N6 Investigation is now online at http://www.forensicfocus.com/russell-may-interview-101209. Russell is a well known figure in the computer forensics world with a reputation for providing some of the best training courses available. Enjoy the interview!

There is a PhD position available at the Centre for Forensic Computing, Cranfield University, UK. The broad area for the research is the investigation of the digital evidence left on hard disks by users who have communicated via the Internet.

Alabama Attorney General Troy King wants to expand the crimefighting work being done at the Troy University Computer Forensics Lab to include more training for local law enforcement regarding electronic evidence… More (Dothan Eagle)

Government security contractor Northrop Grumman has joined with three leading cybersecurity research universities to launch a research consortium focused on fixing the most vexing problems in information security…The consortium will work on a number of projects, including dependable software analysis,

A new generation of forensic computer specialists is being trained at a Scots university…The MSc in Advanced Security and Digital Forensics will teach recruits how to track down hi-tech criminals… More (Scotsman)

“Digital forensics is much harder than crime forensics…When there’s a murder, there’s a body. There’s evidence everywhere. In digital forensics, there’s no body. You might not even know there has been a murder until months after it happened”… More (Dark

Trying to conceal wrongdoing, criminals often do whatever possible to get rid of digital evidence, sometimes acting in a moment of panic. That can include anything from deleting e-mails to shooting computers with a shotgun or even burning the house

A threat in an online game chat room didn’t faze Alexis Rivera…had the cyber boys known whom they were targeting, they might have changed their minds. Rivera intends to pursue a digital forensics career with the FBI. She is one

Passware Inc., a provider of password recovery, decryption, and evidence discovery software for computer forensics, has created the first commercially available software to break Microsoft BitLocker hard drive encryption. The new version of its flagship product – Passware Kit Forensic

Computer forensics don’t have to solely focus on recovering and searching for evidence on storage devices. Although programs like Encase and FTK 3.0 are excellent tools to help find documents, photographs and other files for your investigation, they cut short

Microsoft unleashed its legal attack dogs to remove its leaked forensics tool from a respected security site, it has emerged. Cryptome.org was issued with a take-down notice shortly after Microsoft’s point-and-click “computer forensics for cops” tool leaked onto the web