Forensic Focus

A new forum dedicated to live and network forensics is now online at Forensic Focus. Nick Furneaux will be moderating this new forum (for a recent interview with Nick, click here) and joins Greg Smith – our mobile phone forensics

In September of last year, Congress amended the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) as part of a larger bill dealing with identity theft. Unfortunately, the amendments broaden the already extensive reach of the law, and fail to clarify the

One of the largest sources of pirated content, BitTorrent site The Pirate Bay, this week began testing an “encrypted virtual private network” that purports to offer anonymous downloading for 5 euro a month. The Pirate Bay said it planned to

The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has hired its first chief information officer, Josh Ellis. Ellis will take responsibility for the organisation’s IT services and its Digital Forensics Unit, which is used to seize electronic evidence. In his earlier career, Ellis

An interview with Graham Brown-Martin, organiser of the upcoming Digital Safety Conference in London, is now online at http://www.forensicfocus.com/graham-brown-martin-interview-120609

Organised crime syndicates are driving a proliferation of online CP with Eastern Europe emerging as the main source of material. Australian Federal Police national manager of hi-tech crime and child protection operations, Neil Gaughan, said an 18-minute video seized as

An interview with Lee Whitfield of Forensic 4cast is now online at http://www.forensicfocus.com/lee-whitfield-interview-100609

The head of the DoD-sponsored Digital Forensics Challenge said that contests like this will help the U.S. government find the talent it needs. He added that the original plans, which called for a national cyber Olympics, have been scaled back

An interview with Robert Botchek, President and Founder of Tableau, LLC is now online at http://www.forensicfocus.com/robert-botchek-interview-090609

When data and applications are moved off the local personal computer, the forensics investigator may lose the ability to access very critical information for the case. The provenance of a particular file or the time the file was last accessed

Microsoft hosted 190 police and law enforcement officers for three days’ training in IT forensics this week, saving the government some £325,000. It’s Microsoft’s way of giving something back to the industry, says Ed Gibson, the former FBI agent who

Can computer forensics investigators or others legally access computers they don’t own and are not authorized to enter? Can computer files or other information be retrieved from the computers without the owner’s authorization? Can you access into computers belonging to

The inaugural Digital Safety Conference brings together thought leaders, policy makers, legal professionals, law enforcement agencies, government representatives, educators, industry leaders and those committed to protecting civil liberties to consider the health, reputation and environment of the digital world. The

An interview with Dr Chris Pamplin, Editor of the UK Register of Expert Witnesses is now online at http://www.forensicfocus.com/chris-pamplin-interview-310509

The second Advanced Forensic Sessions from Hoffmann BV in the Netherlands will be held 16th – 20th November 2009. The Sessions are limited to 25 participants but the previous edition was completely booked so early registration is recommended. Click here

A legal dispute between a computer forensic expert and Avon and Somerset Police over a CP case has been condemned by a children’s rights group. The dispute, which is threatening to derail a police investigation, centres on hard drives and