Forensic Focus

From Wietse on the DFSci list: “As the DFRWS 2007 conference is approaching, you can still register as a participant. Please see details at http://www.dfrws.org/2007/ If you have a new tool that you would like to demo or a poster

The Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) has released a new guide to collecting electronic evidence. The Good Practice Guide for Computer-Based Electronic Evidence has been revised by experts to reflect recent developments in computer forensic investigation techniques… More (ComputerWeekly)

Jamie Ridden discusses the re-use of storage media and how slack space can prevent sensitive data from being completely removed… Full article: Security Focus

Guidance Software announced today that the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has filed its test results on the company’s FastBloc(r) FE write blocker. The Guidance Software product performed at or above expectations by the governing body, indicating that

Five years ago, about the same time that the iPod was taking flight, Metropolitan State University Prof. Jigang Liu was trying to find a better way to teach the school how to get information from digital devices. Metro State already

Digital forensics is still a young science. That newness, coupled with the fast-changing world of computer technology, has resulted in a digital forensics taxonomy that is poorly defined and confusing to computer security experts and law enforcement alike. Network forensics

Once again, the bad guys are lining their arsenals with new tools to use against you. Computer forensics is an emerging field of study and anti-forensics is certainly developing right alongside. Some say anti-forensics is developing faster. Why? Because what

Virus writers have created a proof-of-concept virus that targets a widely-used computer forensics tool. Vred-A infects WinHex scripts, preventing these additions to forensics and data recovery tools from doing anything except infecting other scripts. The virus has not been seen

SYDNEY, Australia and LINDON, Utah – June 19, 2007 – Nuix Pty and AccessData Corporation, a pioneer in the digital forensics industry, today announced a strategic partnership to globally distribute their powerful and complementary email and computer forensic software for

A court case battle between the Motion Picture Association of America and one of the world’s largest online media download sites has highlighted critical issues regarding the nature of digital evidence. In a pioneering move, federal judge Jacqueline Chooljian decreed,

With the buzz surrounding electronic data discovery, which grows only louder as the need to find data stored electronically to support litigation increases, law firms and corporate clients are facing an important operational decision that might cause some friction in

From Brian Carrier: Version 2.09 is now available. This release fixes some bugs for large files and hash databases on Windows, some stability bugs with corrupt file systems, some ‘ils’ flag bugs, and some updates to internal libraries. All users

Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS) is showcasing its 945GCT-M motherboard which features data recovery technology built into the BIOS. The 945GCT-M has data recovery technology built in its BIOS, users do not need to rely on software or hard drive recovery

Supporters of Julie Amero, the former substitute teacher who was granted a new trial months after being convicted of exposing her students to pop-up porn, have formed an advocacy group to help people facing similar courtroom battles. Bearing Amero’s namesake,

The German Parliament has ruled that many more categories of hacking are an illegal act and should be punishable like any other crime. It is now an offense to create, sell, distribute or even acquire so called Hacker Tools in

Connecticut schoolteacher Julie Amero, convicted in a classroom incident she says happened because spyware took over the computer at her desk, today was granted a new trial instead of a possible jail term. Amero, a substitute teacher, had faced a