Forensic Focus

Extracting, preserving and presenting electronic data for legal use requires a particular expertise. Law enforcement units around the country are racing to train and equip investigators with the specialized knowledge they need to handle the ever-growing volume of computer evidence

When John Estep, a postal worker from Ashland, was arrested by federal agents and charged with multiple counts of manufacturing CP, the case seemed to have stalled, according to Assistant U.S. Attorney Mark Wohlander. The case was lacking the kind

Guidance Software, Inc. has announced the appointment of two key executives. Victor Limongelli was promoted to President from his current role as Vice President of Professional Services and General Counsel. Frank Sansone was promoted to CFO from his current position

The Neenah Police Department in the US will convert one of its patrol officers to a forensic computer investigator to combat the proliferation of cybercrime. Capt. Tom Long said computer-related crimes have increased significantly in recent years. “It’s growing every

The new Logicube Forensic MD5 is engineered to the world’s top law enforcement agencies’ exacting standards. Junaid Sharaf, Managing Director and Strategic Advisor, AnyTech General Trading LLC, Dubai said, “This new generation of forensic hard-drive acquisition systems is specifically designed

A downward turn in overall cyber crime has hit its fourth year, said the 10th-annual survey on computer crime released this week, and average financial losses have tumbled by more than half. The yearly survey, which is conducted by the

A Labour MP is attempting to raise the maximum sentences that can be handed down on UK citizens who are convicted of hacking and DoS attacks. Tom Harris, MP for Glasgow South, introduced a bill on Tuesday to update the

Early registration for the 5th Annual Digital Forensic Research Workshop ends this Friday, July 15, 2005. This year the workshop is in New Orleans, August 17-19. The workshop is designed to provide a forum for researchers and practitioners with interests

This article introduces computer risk and more specifically computer incident response and forensics to an audience who is traditionally accustomed to implementing physical controls such as camera surveillance, physical access, and alarm systems throughout their facility. We’ll look at the

Bug Fixes– fls could crash if FAT short name did not exist– Linux header file problem with some distros.– Missing UFS / Ext2/3 file names (if deleted file claimed it used that data).– Missing FAT directory entries with ils (if

A computer forensics firm from Sawbridgeworth has played a key role in a criminal investigation. Crucial evidence from company DataSec led to the convictions of Terry Butler and David Weightman, whose computer equipment contained tens of thousands of CP images.

A new high-tech crime lab (one of the FBI’s Regional Computer Forensics Labs) opened yesterday in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA… More (KSL News)

Vogon International has launched a ‘PCMCIA write-blocking pod’ as an addition to its investigation hardware product portfolio. Developed in Vogon’s laboratories, this is claimed to be the only commercially available product of its kind, and aimed at forensic investigators involved

“Similar to the way the personal computer became common in the home in the ’80s and ’90s, the iPod is becoming common today,” Dr. Marcus Rogers, a cybercrime expert at Purdue University’s Center for Education and Research in Information and

A British university is to offer a four-year sandwich degree course in computer forensics. Leicester’s De Montfort University is hoping to recruit 20 students for the course, which begins in September and is one of only five of its kind

Federal agents are in a familiar position as they probe the computer-security breach at an Arizona firm that left credit-card data for some 40 million people open to theft: Once again, they’re playing catch-up. Faced with the vastness of cyberspace,