Forensic Focus

Forced to shut down in January by the state’s budget impasse, the area’s high-tech crime-fighting unit will resume operations April 1, a spokesman said Tuesday. But the Northern California Computer Crimes Task Force is being reconfigured with constraints that likely

Guardian Digital Forensics is a privately held corporation headquartered in Raleigh, NC. Principals announced today that the company is ready to launch a series of products into the network forensics, content management and e-discovery retention and production markets…Larry Daniel, one

A controversial BBC Click documentary which involved researchers obtaining access to a botnet and sending spam is due to screen this weekend despite a growing storm of criticism. Security experts – including McAfee, a firm whose representatives appear in the

Security vendor McAfee will give grants to a European and a U.S. organization to better train law enforcement and legal officials to deal with cybercrime. McAfee will give US$55,000 to the Council of Europe, an organization created in 1949 and

Countries are ratifying the only global cybercrime treaty slower than expected, but many are closer to implementing it, a senior Council of Europe official said Wednesday. The Convention on Cybercrime, adopted in 2001, defines legal guidelines for countries seeking to

(Abstract) CLOIDIFIN is a research project that will highlight the vulnerabilities of the cloud and the impact it will have on the digital forensic investigation that could ensue following a crime, policy contravention or data compromise episode… More (ZDnet.co.uk)

The Serious Fraud Office (SFO), the independent body that investigates complex fraud cases, is recruiting for a chief information officer (CIO). “We are now seeking a talented individual to lead, develop and implement the overall IT strategy for our business/office

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has appointed a new Chief Criminal Counsel, David Kirk. Keith Foggon has also been appointed to bolster the FSA’s enforcement division, as manager of its Digital Evidence Unit. Mr Foggon was formerly head of the

France and Ireland are hoping the European Commission will back a plan to create an academically accredited cybercrime training program for law enforcement. The proposal calls for initially creating two training centers that would focus on defining topics for masters

Following their graduation from a US Department of State workshop, five members of the Royal Police Force of Antigua and Barbuda (RPFAB) are now equipped to conduct digital forensic investigations. Eric Freeman, assistant regional security officer at the US Embassy

The email came in the dead of winter and was chilling indeed. A man calling himself Abdul Yohanish said he was about to bomb the major local bridges connecting Ohio to Kentucky, the local international airport, and Paul Brown Stadium,

An award-winning Open University student got the chance to put his newly-acquired knowledge into practice when he spent a day working with one of the country’s leading forensic computing companies. Dave Lancaster shadowed laboratory manager and senior forensic analyst Richard

The Digital Forensics Certification Board (DFCB), an independent certifications organization for digital evidence examiners, has officially launched its highly anticipated certification program that offers two levels of professional designations. As part of the Board’s certification launch, candidates may apply through

Chicago Electronic Discovery released a free white paper on iPhone Forensics at chicago-ediscovery.com that reveals the vast amount of personal information stored on Apple’s iPhone and reviews techniques and software for retrieving this information. Consumers and corporations have a legitimate

e-fense, Inc. today announced the relocation of its corporate headquarters to 9200 E. Panorama Cir, Suite 120 in Centennial, Colorado. The move follows the company’s announcements of new management and continued growth of its computer forensic and network security software

Many people who are either laid-off from their job or simply moving to another opportunity often secretly take proprietary data from their employer on their way out the door, a study released this week found. Nearly 60 percent of employees