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Judge tosses BC “hacker” search warrant

A district court judge ordered Massachusetts and Boston College police to return a BC student’s computers, cell phone and other belongings, after finding that investigators did not sufficiently show a link between the man and any crime. The case pits

Gateshead College offers courses to tackle cybercrime menace

Gateshead College’s new Digital Forensics Lab at its Baltic Campus site in the UK will offer the very latest courses to equip companies with the skills needed to track criminal activity and implement preventative measures. The new facility has opened

EnCase® Portable from Guidance Software

Guidance Software Inc. has announced EnCase Portable®, a new data acquisition solution on a USB drive that enables law enforcement, government, law firm and corporate customers to leverage the search and acquisition capabilities of EnCase® in a wide range of

FBI official to deliver keynote at Purdue mobile forensics conference

A leading computer crime expert with the FBI will deliver the keynote address at the Purdue-sponsored Mobile Forensics World Conference in Chicago. Rick Voss, a supervisory special agent with the FBI’s Chicago bureau, will speak about his experience in digital

Nigeria: CFIN Launches Online Training Programme

The Chairman, Certification Board of Computer Forensics Institutes Nigeria (CFIN), Dr Peter Olayiwola has described the launching of online training institute last weekend as the beginning of an era in the history of Nigeria saying that the nation will be

Computer forensics fighting recession-era data thieves

One disquieting side effect of the current economy’s number of redundancies is the increase of insider data theft. IT security experts Espion recently looked at incidents where firms found that ex-employees had stolen intellectual property (IP) and client lists to

When the FBI Raids a Data Center: A Rare Danger

As part of coordinated raids in early April, FBI agents seized computers from a data center at 2323 Bryan Street in Dallas, Texas, attempting to gather evidence in an ongoing investigation of two men and their various companies accused of

ForensicSoft Announces Forensically Sound Windows Bootable Environment

ForensicSoft has announced the release of its newest computer forensic tool, SAFE. SAFE, which stands for System Acquisition Forensics Environment, is a new Windows-based computer forensic platform specifically designed to support the expanding needs of computer forensic, computer security, and

Harlan Carvey This Week’s Guest On Talk Forensics

Talk Forensics (www.blogtalkradio.com/TalkForensics), hosted by Larry Daniel of Guardian Digital Forensics, has announced that Harlan Carvey will be the guest on the show for the May 10th episode at 4pm Eastern.

Review – MacLockPick II

Austin Troxell’s review of MacLockPick II can be read here with follow up discussion here.

XBox Forensics

A forensics toolkit for the Xbox gaming console is described by US researchers in the International Journal of Electronic Security and Digital Forensics. The toolkit could allow law enforcement agencies to scour the inbuilt hard disk of such devices and

Computer forensics agent honored for meritorious service

Federal prosecutors call Jimmy Weg of Helena “The Legend.” A federal court judge calls him “Professor Weg.” And now, Montana Department of Justice Criminal Investigator Jimmy Weg can add “award winning computer forensic examiner” to his title. A surprised Weg