Forensic Focus

Allen Concepts, Inc., has introduced the new KEYKatcher Magnumâ„¢, the most advanced keystroke recording device on the market. The KK Magnumâ„¢ is a stealthy, powerful, features- loaded, hardware device that allows you to monitor employee computer usage and content. Simply

Looking for digital “smoking guns” is the challenge of the new Kentucky Regional Computer Forensic Lab (RCFL) at UofL. The lab, one of just 14 FBI-operated RCFL facilities in the nation, brings the federal agency together with local law enforcement

The First International Workshop on Spoofing, Digital Forensics and Open Source Tools (SDFOST), in conjunction with ARES-2007 – The Second International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security The conference will be held at the Vienna University of Technology (TU) in

Three technology experts testified Monday that a new federal law’s restrictions on access to evidence in CP cases would discourage them from working for defendants in such cases… More (dailypress.com)

The eCrime Researchers Summit in Orlando sponsored by the Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) and the National Center for Forensic Science (NCFS) next month will feature some of the most advanced applied research into electronic crime technology ever assembled in a

In the words of the Metropolitan Police, computer crime needs to be ‘mainstreamed’ – brought into the law enforcement fold instead of being seen as something different. It would be a fair analogy to say that the situation is similar

Northumbria University has joined forces with IT security firm Sapphire in a collaboration to share knowledge and expertise and develop the North East UK as a hub for computer forensic specialists. Sapphire provides clients with a range of computer forensics

WHAT’S NEW IN V13.5? When searching for keywords and you are not interested in each and every search hit, but merely in a list of files that contain at least one the specified keywords, the logical search now allows you

Ireland will play host to international cyber crime training events for European law enforcement officers at the Garda College in Templemore, siliconrepublic.com has learned. According to Detective Inspector Paul Gillen, who is project manager of the programme, the training courses

Following the 2006 International Virus Bulletin Conference, Kelly Martin takes a look at the profit motives of the cyber criminals behind modern viruses, targeted trojans, phishing scams and botnet attacks that are stealing millions from organizations and individuals… More (SecurityFocus)

A federal prosecutor says computer forensics played a “critical role” in the investigation that led to the arrest of a Wisconsin man in connection with the fake terrorist threat against football stadiums… More (InformationWeek)

THE popularity of digital cameras and the growth in portable storage is driving demand for data recovery services, with firms charging up to $3500 to pull data from fried drives. The recovery sector – traditionally serving small businesses that lose

Christopher Painter, principal deputy chief of the U.S. Department of Justice’s Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section, attended the G8 24/7 High Tech Crime Network meeting last week in Rome. The network started in 1997 with the G8 countries, which

Charleston’s digital detectives unearth fragile evidence, and they sift through mind-boggling amounts of data to get to it. Deleted cell phone text messages, photos hidden in strings of numeric code, logs of Web addresses. All could provide breakthroughs in a

Lenovo announced this week that it is arming its ThinkPad notebooks with the ability to fully encrypt the hard drive to bolster security. Lenovo’s latest technology move links fingerprint identity to the active directory. The fingerprint swipe recognizes 30 data

A new digital forensics center opened Thursday in Louisville, a move Kentucky law enforcement said will help them catch and prosecute criminals. The Kentucky Regional Computer Forensics Laboratory will serve as a central place for law enforcement officers to seek