Forensic Focus

In the last few days, I’ve entered a whole new web world. It’s a place where people speak of getting “dumps… sniffed from ATMs” or using “blinds to cash out” or getting data through “rj 45 taps.” The language belongs

By now, we all know how the Recording Industry Association of America nabs alleged file sharers, more than 20,000 lawsuits and counting: Hired snoops from MediaSentry – aka SafeNet – log onto Kazaa, Limewire or other file sharing programs, peer

Acquiring disks is a very important part of digital forensics. In my past blogs I discussed some aspects of forensics with respect to VMware ESX servers. This is the last part of the series. To acquire a VM from a

John Simek, a computer forensic examiner in Fairfax, Va., recently had a woman come to his office after a divorce proceeding. In court, her husband had presented some mean-spirited e-mails she supposedly sent him from a free Hotmail e-mail account,

A new LinkedIn group for Forensic Focus members and the wider computer forensics community has been launched. The group’s homepage can be accessed at http://www.linkedin.com/e/gis/693917 If you would like to expand your professional network please consider joining!

As always, the 2008 Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas was full of cutting-edge computer security research, the latest in computer security vulnerabilities, and more than a little controversy. Since the beginning of the Black Hat conference 15 years

Computer forensics firm CY4OR, which helps police to crack criminal cases, has opened a mobile phone laboratory at its Bury headquarters as it looks to expand. The company, founded by Joel Tobias in 2002, has seen turnover double to £1.3m

ManTech International Corporation announced the release of ManTech Memory DD(TM) 1.3, a physical memory acquisition tool for imaging Windows based computers. ManTech Memory DD captures a record of physical or random access memory which is lost when a computer is

He goes by the nickname A-Z and is one of Russia’s bright young tech stars. He’s a crack programmer, successful entrepreneur and creator of sophisticated software tools that help his customers make millions. Trouble is, A-Z’s masterstroke is a computer

THE US government has thrown its weight behind the training of South African state officials in computer forensics in a bid to build SA’s capacity to fight intellectual property (IP) and counterfeit crimes. The training, which took place last month

Speakers at a seminar on “What is Computer Forensic?” stressed the need for launching a campaign to create awareness among the people about cyber crimes besides introducing new degree courses on computer forensic at college and university level to make

AccessData has announced the addition of network forensics capabilities to its product portfolio. “For the last year, we have aggressively evaluated countless network forensic solutions but only one had the power and flexibility needed to meet the challenges of our

The Nigeria Computer Society (NCS) has called on the country’s government to train civil servants in computer forensic technology as a way to fight e-commerce fraud in the country. NCS President Charles Uwadia made the call in a communiqué of

For two years Gary McKinnon, an unemployed Scotsman armed with only some spliffs, a few beers, and a dial-up internet connection, went looking for beings of superior intelligence. He couldn’t find them. Instead, he found the US Military-Industrial Complex, an

Recent advances in computer forensics technology are helping law enforcement officials enhance their investigations while allowing corporations to track their employees’ online habits. Live forensics, for instance – which lets users examine data that is actively running in memory –

The future of the Serious Fraud Office is in doubt after the collapse of their case against five drug firms accused of ripping off the NHS. It was an eight-year investigation that cost the taxpayer tens of millions of pounds.