Forensic Focus

Growth, debate and change will be the norm in 2007 when it comes to the expansion and evolution of e-discovery technology according to an analysis of the e-discovery industry discussed and announced today by the newly formed LexisNexis® Discovery Services

The new operating system (OS) boasts an improved interface and security tools. Bill Gates said security in Vista would mean it would be “much, much harder” for malicious hackers to attack computers running the operating system. “For anybody worried about

The Metropolitan Police is looking to expand its computer crime unit into a national resource, amid admissions that local e-crime units are no longer able to cope with a rising tide of organised computer crime. A report published by the

Computer-enabled crime in Britain is growing at such an unprecedented scale that police admit that not all allegations can be investigated. A report by the Metropolitan Police says the rise in computer viruses, fraud and the online grooming of children

Lounsbury collected the evidence with a program called ComputerCop Professional, an automated tool for forensic examination of computers. David Jacobs, a former police officer and sales representative for the ComputerCop, which is based in Bohemia, N.Y., said Amero’s case establishes

C.E. Cantwell and Associates Inc., a Brattleboro-based computer forensics and electronic discovery firm, said that it has established the Southern Vermont Digital Forensics Laboratory, which will be available to law firms and law enforcement in the area. Instead of many

No one would deny that the Internet is one of the most revolutionary developments of the 20th century. The world we live in has indeed become a global village. Despite its many benefits and conveniences, the question still remains: How

In a bow to the ugly reality of digital technology, Cary leaders took the first step Thursday night toward creating a cyber-crime police unit. The Cary Town Council voted unanimously to study the idea, underscoring how drastically computer crimes are

The cautionary tale of Matthew Bandy is burning up the Internet, especially tech sites. Until recently, the 16-year-old Arizona boy faced life imprisonment for possessing CP; each of the nine images on his computer carried a possible 10-year sentence…Clearly, the

A ground-breaking new partnership between a college and law enforcement agencies is helping police process more digital evidence and fight cybercrime in Vermont. The Champlain College Center for Digital Investigation (http://www.champlain.edu/news/), which received a $650,000 grant from the U.S. Department

A US computer forensics company is setting up its European headquarters on the outskirts of Cardiff, UK. eMag Solutions is involved in recovering electronic data for businesses, helping reduce e-crime and compiling evidence for court cases… More (BBC)

A leading forensic expert in the Pacific has lauded the grit and determination of police officers in uncovering electronic crime despite them being new to the field of high tech forensic work and having limited resources to work with. John

Silicon Valley high tech crime fighters are helping maintain the valley’s reputation by earning an accreditation as one of the country’s elite computer forensic laboratories. The FBI announced today that the Silicon Valley Regional Computer Forensic Laboratory in Menlo Park

Guidance Software Inc. (NASDAQ:GUID) today announced the release of the latest version of its EnCase® digital investigative platform. Designed to expand core capabilities across both EnCase Enterprise and EnCase Forensic, v6 includes the deepest set of investigative tools covering more

MANDIANT has announced that Bret Padres has been promoted to Director of its Incident Response program. Bret is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) with over twenty years experience in the field of information security, computer forensics, law enforcement

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