Forensic Focus

LTU Technologies has announced the release of LTU-Finder v. 3.0, a tool for image and video recognition in the field of computer forensics. LTU-Finder 3.0 was unveiled at Guidance Software’s Computer and Enterprise Investigations Conference (CEIC) in Las Vegas, Nevada.

To put a lid on bloggers’ speculation about police getting “backdoors” to Windows security, Microsoft is starting to hush up on the subject. In an e-mail to BetaNews on Friday, a spokesperson described COFEE as a “customizable framework.” Despite releasing

Fears of corporate espionage, malicious staff and disputed trade deals has led to the Open University’s first course on computer forensics to be heavily oversubscribed. The post-graduate Computer Forensics and Investigations course starts today, and prospective students have been bumped

A new laboratory for the training of CSIs has been opened at the University of Teesside. The new Digital Evidence Laboratory was opened by Andrew Rennison, the Home Office’s forensic science regulator. Angus Marshall, senior lecturer in forensic science at

Guidance Software Inc. will once again bring together professionals from around the world to learn about the latest advancements in the field of digital investigations at the eighth annual Computer and Enterprise Investigations Conference (CEIC). The event takes place next

Reputational damage is top of mind for information security leaders again. According to a global survey of more than 7,500 security professionals, 71 per cent said that avoiding harm to brand was their top priority, ahead of other hot topics,

Being aware that any action on your part might compromise computer evidence and taking the steps to prevent and prepare will make your computer forensics team more efficient and effective on the job. Data loss, especially, is a common problem

The Fort Smith (Arkansas) Police Department’s Internet crime fighters received a substantial grant from a local cable provider last week. Cox Communications awarded the Police Department’s Cyber Investigation Unit a $9,000 grant as part of a continuing community partnership between

Google engineers have adapted a software program to help track child sex predators and search for patterns in images of abuse on the web. Google has created the technology for the National Centre for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC). It

Perhaps the hardest thing for Jim Bates to hear at his sentencing for making false written witness statements in criminal proceedings was the Judge, Simon Hammond, saying: “I’m quite sure his career as an expert witness is now finished.” Bates

Electronic crime is maturing, according to security experts, and with its evolution, criminals are adopting conventional approaches like supermarket-style pricing and outsourcing to specialists who might act as portfolio managers or computer technicians. “It’s a remarkable development of a whole

The closest thing the world of computer forensics has to the Ten Commandments is the guidance set down in the Association of Chief Police Officers’ Good Practice Guide for Computer-Based Electronic Evidence. These guidelines, built around four main principles, are

The founding father of the UK’s computer forensic industry was today sentenced at Leicester Crown Court for making false witness statements and committing perjury. Jim Bates, 67, was found guilty on the 6 March of four counts of making a

Insider information leakage constitutes an important part of employee frauds in the country, according to a consulting expert. “Insider information leakage which is mainly done through mail forms an important part of employee frauds in the country”, said Babu Jayendran,

They strike fear into the most dreaded criminals, but against one kind, the Delhi Police have been helpless so far — cyber criminals. ACP Economic Offenses Wing, P K Misra says, “Two or three years ago, there were very few

Seagate is best known for manufacturing hard disk drives and other storage devices for use in computers, servers, mobile devices, media players, and more—in fact, the company just announced a new self-encrypting drive for enterprise environments and a 1 TB