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British computer hacker Gary McKinnon will not be extradited to the US, Home Secretary Theresa May has announced. Mr McKinnon, 46, who admits accessing US government computers but claims he was looking for evidence of UFOs, has been fighting extradition

Trying to get computer forensics data out of mobile smartphones and tablets in order to conduct investigations is hard – often much harder than on PCs, laptops or Macs – and experts say that forensics tools need to improve. “The

The attorney for Mark Strong Sr. said Wednesday that he will seek sanctions against prosecutors if they cannot back up their assertion that evidence of child pornography was on a computer hard drive that police seized from Strong’s home. Daniel

Lindy, tell us something about the cases you have been involved in. I have been involved in quite a variety of cases, from counter terrorism to the importation of drugs, fraud, missing children and sadly, far too often, the abuse

It has never been easier to become a cybercriminal, Foreign Secretary William Hague is to warn an international conference in Budapest. He will tell delegates that cybercrime is “one of the greatest global and strategic challenges of our time.” The

An Oregon man who conducted Internet searches for the phrase “father hates infant” and had a violent child abuse video game on his computer was convicted Friday of murdering his 11-month-old twin son. Evidence at trial showed that Mansor, an

Identifying, retrieving, and producing electronically stored information (ESI) in response to a subpoena can be a time-consuming and costly business. Processing just one gigabyte of data in response to an electronic discovery (ediscovery) request can cost at least $30,000, according

The goal of computer forensics is to examine digital media in a forensically sound manner with the aim of identifying, preserving, recovering, analysing and presenting facts and opinions about the information. Most often associated with the investigation of a wide

Technology is changing at a dizzying pace, and law enforcement officers are having trouble keeping up. New smartphones are being released constantly. Tablets like the iPad are replacing laptop computers. Almost everybody – including those who break the law –

Belkasoft has released v.5.0 of Belkasoft Evidence Center 2012, now featuring Blackberry backup analysis. More details and a free trial version available here.

Micro Systemation just released XRY v6.3.2 This version includes: – The ability to bypass a complex passcode on some iOS devices– Full support for the new Apple operating system iOS6– A new RAM disk extraction method for iOS devices– Logical

The graduate employment market continues to be highly competitive. What advice would you give to final year digital forensics students to help them stand out from the crowd? Don’t just focus on the degree. Students need to engage more in

With a strong commitment to helping thousands of its customers in the world’s top law enforcement, military, government and corporate organizations retrieve Internet-related communications from a broad range of artifacts, Magnet Forensics (formerly JADsoftware) has unveiled v5.6 of its industry-leading

For a number of years digital forensics has referred to ‘the application of computer investigation and analysis techniques to gather evidence suitable for presentation in a court of law’. While collecting this digital evidence, to be used retrospectively in subsequent

Paraben's Forensic Innovations Conference is being held in Park City, Utah November 3-6. Join us for bootcamps, lectures, and labs from the industry’s top experts and learn the latest innovations in digital forensics. Whether you are just getting started in

Sincere apologies to anyone having difficulty connecting to the Meetingburner service to view the Windows 8 Forensics presentation – please try the following URL on YouTube instead: http://youtu.be/uhCooEz9FQs Josh is available in the webinars forum to answer any questions. Please