Forensic Focus

While a recent online harassment case in Danville (USA) started a push for computer crime legislation, some experts say the problem isn’t that laws don’t exist to fight such crimes — it’s that agencies don’t know how to use those

Kangaroo Court is the only way to call the railroading of Julie Amero, a substitute teacher in Norwich Connecticut. In January, Julie Amero was convicted of four counts of ‘risking injury to a child’ and will face up to forty

The DFRWS 2007 File Carving Challenge has been posted: http://www.dfrws.org/2007/challenge/ This year’s challenge builds upon last year’s and adds more file types and scenarios. File carving is the process of extracting files from data using file type specific knowledge, such

Learn how to detect and extract hidden information! Host: Cybercrime SummitLocation: Fairfield Inn and Suites, Kennesaw, GADates: March 17 – 18, 2007 With only 14 seats available, the course is sure to fill up fast so signup soon! To reserve

WHAT’S NEW? The investigator version of X-Ways Forensics is now a separate product: X-Ways Investigator ( http://www.x-ways.net/investigator/ ). The user inface of the investigator version is now customizable to a certain extent: With the help of an optional file named

Like nature, the IT industry hates a vacuum. In the absence of hard facts on cyber crime in Ireland we’ve had a mix of responsible awareness raising, best-guess estimates from international data and all manner of hype or conjecture. But

“When we work a case, we are actually part of a world-wide network of computer forensic experts,” Crouse explained. “There are thousands of other investigators who can help us and we help them, too.” He described this network of experts

Paraben(R) Corporation has announced that it has acquired SIMCon, a popular SIM Card forensic tool. Paraben has already integrated the technology into SIM Card Seizure, its own product for SIM Card forensics. Paraben has also integrated the technology from SIMCon

AMCIS 2007 Colorado: http://www.biz.colostate.edu/amcis07/TRACK: Security & PrivacyMINI-TRACK: Digital Forensics and its Role in Security, Law andAccountingDATES: August 9-12, 2007LOCATION: Keystone, Colorado, USA Papers Due: Monday, March 5, 2007 Notification of Acceptance: Monday,April 16, 2007 Camera Ready Copy Due: Monday, April

Information on the fourth issue of the Journal of Digital Forensics, Security and Law (JDFSL) is now available as follows: Volume 1 Number 4, 2006Published: December 31, 2006ISSN: 1558-7215 (print)ISSN: 1558-7223 (online)Journal Website: http://www.jdfsl.orgIssue Abstracts: http://www.jdfsl.org/subscriptions/issues.htmEditor-in-Chief: Glenn S. Dardick, Longwood

ADFSL 2007 Conference on Digital Forensics, Security and LawVENUE: Arlington, Virginia USA on April 18-20, 2007KEYNOTE: Jim Christy, Director of the Defense Cyber Crime Institute The ADFSL 2007 Conference on Digital Forensics, Security and Law will beheld in Arlington, Virginia

The Atlanta Chapter of the High Technology Crime Investigation Association (HTCIA), in partnership with the CyberCrime Institute (CCI) at Kennesaw State University, is holding the 5th Annual Cybercrime Summit on March 19 – 23, 2007. Nationally recognized, the Cybercrime Summit

Substitute teacher Julie Amero faces up to 40 years in prison but the facts strongly suggest that she was wrongfully convicted. Many issues remain, from the need for an independent computer forensics investigation and the presence of spyware and adware

Police forces in the UK and worldwide already use Guidance Software’s EnCase computer forensics package, most famously in the interminable cash for honours investigation. Now the firm is set to announce an expansion into mobile with a package it’s calling

K&F Consulting, Inc., a provider of litigation support and electronic data discovery services, has published its 2007 price list for professional services. Founding principal Greg Fordham said K&F’s pricing structure reflects a very slight increase in rates for e-discovery and

Technology moves at a fast pace. It moves ahead. The majority of people have computers now,” said Sergeant Andy Crouse of the Menomonie Police Department (MPD). The use of computers in law enforcement is growing, whether the crime was committed