Forensic Focus

Guidance Software announced today that it has added Chicago-based litigator Patrick Zeller to the Legal and Regulatory team as assistant general counsel. As both a former assistant attorney general focused on computer crime and as eDiscovery and litigation counsel with

Two computer-forensic companies are helping the University of Notre Dame investigate an electronic break-in that may have exposed the personal and financial information of school donors… More (CNET)

Governor Rendell recently announced that Bloomsburg University will receive two state grants: a $200,000 grant to support the Greater Susquehanna Keystone Innovation Zone and a $63,000 grant to support the Pennsylvania Center for computer forensics research… More (Standard-Journal online)

Associate professor of computer science Hany Farid is interested in detecting whether a digital image has been manipulated. Because digital images are found everywhere today, he explains that his research can be used to examine images to see if they

The purpose of this guide is to show the process involved in tracing an email. The first step required to tracing an email is finding out the headers of the email. What are headers? Email headers are lines added at

Pierce County is attacking identity theft with new technology and vigor that could warn potential victims sooner and lock up crooks longer. Investigators from the prosecutor’s office and sheriff’s department have opened a computer forensics lab that allows them to

The FBI reports that 9 out of 10 organizations in the country are victims of some sort of computer security incident, and one-fifth are hit more than 20 times a year. Almost two-thirds suffer financial loss as a result of

The mission of the AFP is to provide dynamic and effective law enforcement to the people of Australia. It provides policing throughout Australia in relation to the prevention and detection of crimes against the Commonwealth, its laws and integrity, and

Widevine Technologies, a provider of downloadable content protection and digital forensics solutions, has opened two European offices in Lisbon, Portugal, and Cambridge, England. .. More (DMasia.com)

A new paper entitled "Analysis of hidden data in the NTFS file system" by Cheong Kai Wee of Edith Cowan University is now online. A full list of articles and papers held at Forensic Focus can be found here.

After years of work, the Defense Computer Forensics Laboratory—part of the DOD Cyber Crime Center (DC3)—has been accredited by the American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors/Laboratory Accreditation Board. Ralph Keaton, executive director of ASCLD/LAB, presented the certificate of accreditation to

Cyber-security and computer experts from the government and law enforcement are increasingly concerned with malicious code that runs on Linux and Apple Computer Inc.’s Mac OS X operating systems and threats posed by devices such as iPods and Xboxes. Intensive

Responding to the rising cybercrime threat, the Federal Trade Commission on Tuesday unveiled an online tool designed to help consumers avoid becoming victims of Internet scams. At the website, www.onguardonline.gov, consumers can take interactive quizzes designed to enlighten them about

Despite investing in a variety of security technologies, enterprises continue to suffer network attacks at the hands of malware writers and inside operatives, according to an annual FBI report released today. Many security incidents continue to go unreported. The 2005

“Computer Forensics” Tuesday 24 January 2006, 5:45 pm (refreshments) for a 6:30 pm startSpeaker: Russell May BSc(Hons) CITP CEng MBCS EnCE[Guidance Software Inc]Venue: Met Hotel, Leeds.

Technology Pathways, LLC announced today that it has received a Top Pick award from ITDefense Magazine in their January 2006 buyer’s guide edition. ProDiscover was selected as a Top Pick over other computer forensic solutions for its performance and value.