Forensic Focus

A Becker County District Court judge has said an independent computer forensics expert can look for evidence in Moorhead, Minn. (US) city databases that police officers have to fulfill monthly quotas for traffic citations… More (wcco.com)

In part one of this series, we discussed the current Sebek development and its integration with GenIII Honeynets. In this article, we take it a step further and focus on best practices to deploy Sebek inside a GenIII Honeynet, as

The information security firm Red Cliff Consulting LLC has renamed itself MANDIANT, reflecting a major evolution in the company’s mission over the past year – a year that saw 150% revenue growth, the development of free software tools, and the

Investigators are relying on computer records to trace Neil Entwistle’s steps in the days before he allegedly shot his wife, Rachel, and 9-month-old daughter, Lillian Rose. As computers play an ever-greater role in everyday life, they are becoming increasingly important

Sprite Guo, a policeman in China, has contacted me with details of the China Computer Forensics Conference 2006 (CCFC 2006), a computer forensics conference that takes place between members of the law enforcement community and computer forensic companies in China.

The company that runs the Texas Treasure cruise ship has been indicted on charges of interfering with an investigation. According to the indictment, the ship’s chief engineer is accused of lying to Coast Guard inspectors about records that track how

The purpose of this workshop is to bring together researchers, practitioners, and educators interested in digital forensics. We welcome the participation of people in industry, government, law enforcement, and academia who are interested in advancing the state of the art

Even a panel of determined senators couldn’t convince Attorney General Alberto Gonzales to divulge much about how the massive surveillance program conducted by the National Security Agency actually works. Gonzales told a Senate committee on Monday that he was not

The summit 2006 launched a three year Manifesto to tackle computer crime in Wales; the purpose being to protect businesses against the growing threat to them from electronic and computer based Crime. The conference was attended by the four major

The city of Florence will host next 17th February the meeting of the multidisciplinary researchers that are working together on the European Project about the Admissibility of the Electronic Evidence in EU Courts (A.E.E.C.). This innovative project is financially supported

Grand Traverse County wants more training for sheriff’s deputies to combat an “alarming” rise in computer-based crimes. Undersheriff Nathan Alger said the department asked the county board for approximately $10,000 previously earmarked for vehicles to expand the department’s computer forensic

Since 2002, Vogon International LLC has operated a sophisticated data recovery lab in Norman. The lab, which serves clients throughout the U.S., Canada and South America, uses proprietary software to recover data from computer hard drives and backup tapes. The

Ed Gibson, Microsoft UK’s chief security advisor, has hit out at the lack of effective channels for cybercrime reporting and claimed that better desktop-level protection is the key to effective security… More (ZDNet)

Kroll Ontrack Inc., the data recovery and legal technologies subsidiary of Kroll Inc., the global risk consulting company, announced today that it has completed the acquisition of Ibas Holdings ASA, a leading Norwegian-based provider of data recovery, data erasure and

Examples of the analysis of computer evidence are abundant today in the popular media, particularly in television shows ranging from the Law & Order franchise to Court TV’s Forensic Files. And, as we have come to expect from television, there

AMSTERDAM, NL — Detectives investigating the Louis Sévèke case took possession of data on people who visited the political activist’s website. Family and friends said on Tuesday the police have an estimated 25,000 unique Internet Protocol (IP) addresses. The police