Forensic Focus

A Filipino cybersleuth was awarded the world’s best computer investigator for 2007 by an international organization of computer forensics experts. Alexander Ramos, a computer forensics analyst with the Philippine National Police, was awarded the 2007 Timothy Fidel Memorial Award by

Intelligent Computer Solutions (ICS) has announced today the release of the latest version of its Portable Computer Forensic Lab: the Road MASSter 3. The unit has been used since it was first launched six years ago as a platform that

Sometimes, you’ve just got to “get to the drive.” That means securing forensically qualified duplicates of relevant computer disk drives used by the other side, and having them examined by a qualified expert. Often lumped together, it’s important to consider

AccessData Corporation and Foundation Futuristic Technologies P Ltd. (ForensicsGuru) today announced a joint partnership to launch a CyberCrime Investigation BootCamp Training Course in India. This instructor-lead course is intended for Forensic Investigators, Law Enforcement Personnel, and Security & Network Administrators

GetData Software, authors of the computer forensic software Mount Image Pro, now offer VFC (Virtual Forensic Computing), British developed software that allows investigators to boot a forensic image of a suspect’s computer. With GetData’s Mount Image Pro v2 and MD5

In SONY v. Arellanes, an RIAA case in Sherman, Texas, the Court entered a protective order (PDF) that spells out the following procedure for the RIAA’s examination of the defendant’s hard drive: (1) RIAA imaging specialist makes mirror image of

New cybersleuthing technology, already solving crimes in Europe, has the potential to unlock valuable information in thousands of crimes every year in the United States, says a Purdue University expert. The “flasher boxes” provide deeper access to data – complete

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