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The basics of how digital forensics tools work

I’ve noticed there is a fair amount of confusion about how forensics tools work behind the scenes. If you’ve taken a course in digital forensics this will probably be “old hat” for you. If on the other hand, you’re starting

Guidance Software (GUID) Sees IPO Price of $12.50-$14.50

In an amended S-1 filing, Guidance Software (Nasdaq: GUID) indicated it sees an IPO price of $12.50-$14.50 per share on 5 million shares. The company plans to list on the Nasdaq under the symbol “GUID.” The offering is being made

Korea releases guidelines on cyber crime

South Korea early this month announced its first digital evidence process guideline, which aims to identify standard procedures that can better help fight cyber crimes. Called Standard Digital Evidence Process Guideline, the study is the first in the country and

HK, Mainland sign agreement to enhance computer forensics software

The University of Hong Kong and Mainland’s Shandong Academy of Sciences signed Tuesday a collaboration agreement for further research and development of Digital Evidence Search Kit (DESK). DESK, a multilingual computer forensics software, was originated from one of the collaboration

UK Computer Misuse Act could ban security tools

The new Police and Justice Act, published today, could criminalise legitimate IT security activity. There are fears amongst security experts that changes it makes to the Computer Misuse Act will make it illegal to distribute some vital tools. The new

Cyber sleuths

Computer forensic analysts – the consulting detectives of the digital world – are in big demand as computer-related evidence proves increasingly critical in solving crimes. In the days of Raymond Chandler’s wise-cracking sleuth Philip Marlowe, the proverbial “smoking gun” was

GetData Releases Mount Image Pro Version 2

GetData Software has released Version 2 of its forensic software, Mount Image Pro, already in use by the FBI, US Secret Service and some of the world’s major police forces. Mount Image Pro™ Version 2 (MIP v2), a forensic investigation

LTU Technologies Releases Image-Seeker for Encase

LTU Technologies announced today the release of LTU Image-Seeker for Encase® (ISE), an integration enhancing image analysis capabilities for the computer forensics tool used by law enforcement and government investigators. Delivered as a plug-in for the industry-standard Encase® platform, ISE

Trends in Digital Forensics

Digital forensics has been forced to change. In the past, when someone was suspected of a crime or behavior that was in violation of corporate policy, the typical process would be to seize the hard drive after hours, take a

Policing Employees’ Online Access at Work

Once an employee is suspected of abusing workplace technology and an investigation begins, the question becomes: How does the company ensure that it has a solid case and can withstand assertions of liability against the company by the employee or

Digital Evidencing In India: A Techno-Legal Perspective

The aim of this article is to analyse the existing legal position regarding collection, analysis and use of cyber evidence in India. The same is an essential part of cyber law in India as computer forensics and cyber law in

SDFOST – Call for Papers

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

Technology experts call new US law burdensome

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)

APWG & NCFS Establish First Electronic Crime Research Conference

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