Forensic Focus

Universities offering postgraduate courses for IT professionals claim to be seeing increasing interest in computer forensics skills, both from employers and from applicants. Speaking to ZDNet at the Infosecurity Europe conference in London on Tuesday, Dr Ivan Flechais, a lecturer

Every day, Bob Elder turns on his computer and sees some of the worst humanity has to offer. It’s his job to scan the hundreds of thousands of CP pictures and videos that Victoria police find on computers around the

UK computer security experts are designing a web portal to gather more precise statistics on Europeans victimised by internet crime, an area that remains difficult for collecting accurate data. The portal will be part of Victims of Internet Crime Europe,

Court cases involving digital evidence are at risk of collapsing because some police forces fail to check the security of computer forensics suppliers. A Computing investigation has revealed that while some firms providing conventional forensics services must attain an ISO

Corporate needs driven by regulatory necessity and incident management are beginning to call the shots in the forensic arena, reports Peter Stephenson. This month we looked at a wide variety of digital forensic tools. This category has been growing rapidly,

When questioning the White House claim that some sensitive e-mails from officials there might have disappeared for good, Democrats can cite any number of high-profile computer users who once thought the same — from Oliver North to Bill Gates. “You

Tony Soprano’s dislike of computers is well-known, but in 2007, it’s hard to keep a business running without one. (Another argument for creator David Chase ending the show after five seasons, but too late now.) Tony knows that yesterday’s bookie

The monitoring by a Welsh college of an employee’s email, phone and internet use was a breach of her human rights, the European Court of Human Rights has ruled. The UK Government must pay £3,000 damages and legal costs in

The 2.08 release of TSK is out. It contains several minor bug fixes andmany internal updates. This version will cleanly compile on Cygwin andhfind is now available on Win32. http://www.sleuthkit.org/sleuthkit/download.php

Much like his counterparts on TV’s “CSI” or “Law & Order,” Darren Miller ferrets out forensic information in pursuit of justice. But unlike his fictional colleagues who work for prosecutors, Miller and his ISA Forensics team work mostly with defense

Last month saw the downfall of Gene Morrison. A conman who masqueraded as a forensic scientist and gave evidence in more than 700 police cases, some of them involving rape and drink-driving, Morrison, 48, of Hyde, Tameside, was found guilty

Are you prepared to deal with a cyber attack? Most companies are not. In this month’s computer forensics column, we’ll offer a peek at some real-life situations, and as well as a run down on the steps you should follow

The man was careful to cover his tracks, erasing e-mail messages and other incriminating documents. He sent especially sensitive messages to his prospective employer via a Web-based e-mail service, not the corporate e-mail system of his current employer. And with

Leading scientists have announced a new technique for data recovery which is set to revolutionize the way forensic examiners uncover hidden data. Instead of creating a bit-level image of a hard disk using expensive hardware, researchers have discovered that ordinary

The United States generates more malicious computer activity than any other country, and sophisticated hackers worldwide are banding together in highly efficient crime rings, according to a new report. Researchers at Cupertino-based Symantec Corp. also found that fierce competition in

To turbo-charge child-abuse investigations, LTU Technologies has combined two investigative tools that will provide enhanced resources for victim identification and rescue. In response to a request by the Italian Police, the Child Exploitation Tracking System (CETS) and LTU’s Image-Seeker have